> From: DJ Delorie <d...@redhat.com> > Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, Jonny Grant <j...@jguk.org> > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:39:51 -0500 > > However, we should avoid relying on case-sensitive file systems > (Windows) and use .cc or .cxx for C++ files ("+" is not a valid file > name character on Windows, so we can't use .c++).
Actually, Windows filesystems do allow '+' in file names. (DOS filesystems don't.) But I agree that using it is not the best alternative, as the Windows shell sometimes interprets '+' as a delimiter, so file names using that character need to be quoted for safety.