下面是C和c++头文件命名不同的几个原因:

Automatic code formatting, you might have different guidelines for formatting C and C++ code. If the headers are separated by extension you can set your editor to apply the appropriate formatting automatically Naming, I've been on projects where there were libraries written in C and then wrappers had been implemented in C++. Since the headers usually had similar names, i.e. Feature.h vs Feature.hpp, they were easy to tell apart. Inclusion, maybe your project has more appropriate versions available written in C++ but you are using the C version (see above point). If headers are named after the language they are implemented in you can easily spot all the C-headers and check for C++ versions.

记住，C不是c++，除非你知道你在做什么，否则混合和匹配是非常危险的。适当地命名源代码可以帮助您区分语言。

源文件的扩展名可能对您的构建系统有意义，例如，您可能在makefile中有一个用于.cpp或. C文件的规则，或者您的编译器(例如Microsoft cl.exe)可能根据扩展名将文件编译为C或c++。

因为您必须向#include指令提供整个文件名，所以头文件扩展名是不相关的。如果您愿意，您可以在另一个源文件中包含.c文件，因为它只是一个文本包含。你的编译器可能有一个选项来转储预处理输出，这将使这一点明确(微软:/P预处理到文件，/E预处理到stdout， /EP省略#line指令，/C保留注释)

你可以选择对那些只与c++环境相关的文件使用.hpp，也就是说，它们使用的特性不能用C编译。

在我90年代早期的一份工作中，我们分别使用.cc和.hh作为源文件和头文件。在所有的选择中，我仍然更喜欢它，可能是因为它最容易打字。

你可以随意命名你的include。

只需要在#include中指定全名。

我建议你使用C语言时使用.h，使用c++时使用.hpp。

它最终只是一种惯例。

Bjarne Stroustrup和Herb Sutter在他们的c++核心指南(https://github.com/isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines/blob/master/CppCoreGuidelines.md#S-source)中对这个问题有一个声明，该指南也提到了标准扩展(c++ 11, c++ 14等)的最新变化。

SF.1: Use a .cpp suffix for code files and .h for interface files if your Y project doesn't already follow another convention Reason It's a longstanding convention. But consistency is more important, so if your project uses something else, follow that. Note This convention reflects a common use pattern: Headers are more often shared with C to compile as both C++ and C, which typically uses .h, and it's easier to name all headers .h instead of having different extensions for just those headers that are intended to be shared with C. On the other hand, implementation files are rarely shared with C and so should typically be distinguished from .c files, so it's normally best to name all C++ implementation files something else (such as .cpp). The specific names .h and .cpp are not required (just recommended as a default) and other names are in widespread use. Examples are .hh, .C, and .cxx. Use such names equivalently. In this document, we refer to .h and .cpp > as a shorthand for header and implementation files, even though the actual extension may be different. Your IDE (if you use one) may have strong opinions about suffices.

我不是这种惯例的大粉丝，因为如果你正在使用像boost这样的流行库，你的一致性已经被打破了，你最好使用.hpp。

我一直认为.hpp头文件是.h和.cpp文件的混合…还包含实现细节的标头。

通常，当我看到(并使用).hpp作为扩展名时，没有相应的.cpp文件。正如其他人所说，这不是一个严格的规则，只是我倾向于使用.hpp文件。