What legitimate reasons are there for -I over -iquote? -I is standardized (at least by POSIX) while -iquote isn’t. (Practically, I’m using -I because tinycc (one of the compilers I want my project to compile with) doesn’t support -iquote.)
How do projects manage with -I given the dangers? You’d have the includes wrapped in a directory and use -I to add the directory containing that directory.
- filesystem:
includes/mylib/endian.h - command line:
-Iincludes - C/C++ file:
#include "mylib/endian.h" //or <mylib/endian.h>
With that, as long as you don’t clash on the mylib name, you don’t clash (at least as far header names are concerned).