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  • @Roger, I'm not certain why you state that C has paired files. C programmers use two types of files for source, but implementation files are not required to have a matching header file. There isn't a "main.h" included by default for C programs. In addition, PHP includes aren't required to have a "php" file extension. Drupal uses "inc" to denote its PHP include files. Commented Oct 17, 2010 at 1:26
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    @Huperniketes: It's conventional in C, but of course not required and some uses (e.g. a header with only macros) don't need it even in projects where it's conventional. Commented Oct 17, 2010 at 1:28
  • @Roger, might you be mixing convention for modules and libraries, which indeed do typically use pairs or groups to indicate relationship, with that of module/library clients which can include headers from multiple modules/libraries? Because these P-named languages share that same behavior. Commented Oct 17, 2010 at 1:35
  • @Huperniketes: I believe you're misunderstanding. I'm not talking about Python modules and import statements, for example, because those only have one file that's edited per module. Commented Oct 17, 2010 at 1:38
  • @Roger, didn't you say that a "group as in…a single header with multiple implementation files, as also seen in C" is what you were looking for? Commented Oct 17, 2010 at 1:44