Pre-processing step

[forest forge]

Hello, i newbie to C++, but started to learn from depths, can anyone recommend literature about building project steps? Like Pre-processing, making assembly and object files and linking them into executable file?

I created .cc file and do smt like that:

// main.cc
#include "source1.inl"

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello, World!\n";
    func1();
    func2();
    return 0;
}

// source1.inl
#include <iostream>

inline void func1(){
    std::cout << "func1() called\n";
}

inline void func2(){
    std::cout << "func2() called\n";
}

Then execute this commands:

g++ -E main.cc > main.i
g++ -S main.i
g++ -c main.s

After watching some videos and surfing the web i get into pre-processing, before compile our compiler do this step in which he extract all code from includes, removing comments and replace/remove preprocessed directives by C++ code. But is it do smt more? i want to know more about it

(Sorry for bad English)😅

[golden cloak]

normally you can just find that info on google really easilly also maybe first learn all your operations and other stuff, and then dive deeper in how they work under the hood it wil help you...

[dense gyro]

You can use g++ I think or something like that to compile the code into exe

Dont know much so I might be wrong

[forest forge]

I already start to read book about it.

You can compile into executable file, or make step-by-step by the same compiler driver like gcc/g++/clang or smt like that.

Or you can make pre-processing by utility like cpp, then make compilation by the same compiler and you can do assembly using command as, after that u have object files which you can link by the same compiler driver or directly by low level linker using command ls but its a bit hard

[dense gyro]

Yeah but also add arguments for it if you use something like windows app

[forest forge]

You mean if it not command line app but gui or smt like that?

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[ornate pier]

data oriented design by richard fabian and the art of the assembly language (~750 pages) are good ones

also .cpp instead of .cc is just a slightly better practice and seperating between .h / .hpp / .inl / .ipp/ .tpp is not really neccesary but a good practice

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[dense gyro]

Yeah and other stuff

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[forest forge]

Is it good to write cpp on windows and cc on linux?

Cause i sitting on arch and using .cc but when i was using windows i used .cpp