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copied!<p>I'm an old (but not too old) Java programmer, that decided to learn C++. But I have seen that much of C++ programming style, is... well, just damn ugly!</p> <p>All that stuff of putting the class definition in a header file, and the methods in a different source file- Calling functions out of nowhere, instead of using methods <strong>inside classes</strong>. All that just seems... wrong!</p> <p>So finally, is there any reason for me to continue with this massacre to the OOP, and anything that is good and righteous in programming, or can I just ignore that old-fashioned C++ conventions, and use my good Java programing style?</p> <p>By the way I'm learning C++, because I want to do game programing.</p> <p>Here is an example:</p> <p>In an C++ website I found a Windows implementation:</p> <pre><code>class WinClass { public: WinClass (WNDPROC wndProc, char const * className, HINSTANCE hInst); void Register () { ::RegisterClass (&_class); } private: WNDCLASS _class; }; </code></pre> <p>That class is located in a header file and the constructor:</p> <pre><code>WinClass::WinClass (WNDPROC wndProc, char const * className, HINSTANCE hInst) { _class.style = 0; _class.lpfnWndProc = wndProc; // Window Procedure: mandatory _class.cbClsExtra = 0; _class.cbWndExtra = 0; _class.hInstance = hInst; // Owner of the class: mandatory _class.hIcon = 0; _class.hCursor = ::LoadCursor (0, IDC_ARROW); // Optional _class.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) (COLOR_WINDOW + 1); // Optional _class.lpszMenuName = 0; _class.lpszClassName = className; // Mandatory } </code></pre> <p>Is located at a .cpp source file.</p> <p>What I could just do is:</p> <pre><code>class WinClass { public: WinClass (WNDPROC wndProc, char const * className, HINSTANCE hInst) { _class.style = 0; _class.lpfnWndProc = wndProc; // Window Procedure: mandatory _class.cbClsExtra = 0; _class.cbWndExtra = 0; _class.hInstance = hInst; // Owner of the class: mandatory _class.hIcon = 0; _class.hCursor = ::LoadCursor (0, IDC_ARROW); // Optional _class.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) (COLOR_WINDOW + 1); // Optional _class.lpszMenuName = 0; _class.lpszClassName = className; // Mandatory } void Register () { ::RegisterClass (&_class); } private: WNDCLASS _class; }; </code></pre> <p>And now the constructor is inside its class.</p>

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