Difference between #include <cxxx> and <xxx.h>?

What are the precise differences between:

#include <cstdio>
vs
#include <stdio.h>

(or <cassert> vs <assert.h>)? I used to know, but my memory is failing me.

I always include the .h file, but I know that including the library name includes the .h file, anyway - so what is the difference?

Thanks.

There isn't a great deal of difference in the two examples you gave. cassert does nothing more than #include <assert.h>. cstdio does a #include <stdio.h> as well as redefining a symbol if it thinks it needs to. I am in the habit of always using the .h files directly so I really can't comment on when you might want to use one rather than the other.

cstdio is the C++ version of the C header stdio.h .
its contents are (mostly) the same as that header, but are all contained in the namespace std.

if u use linux u can observ differences editing
/usr/include/stdio.h
and
/usr/include/c++/x.x.x/cstido
where x.x.x. is the version of your compiler

3dfxMM, yes, I am in the habit of just including the .h files, as well, so I had no idea what the differences were. I never had a problem with just the plain .h files.

M3xican, thanks for your reply. I have taken a look at the cstdio file, and it does just include the stdio.h file, like I expected. So, basically, if you are using C++, the proper file to include would be the cxxxx file, without the .h postfix, so they are contained within their proper namespaces, which was introduced in C++.