Is it a bad practice to have multiple classes in the same file?

Question

I used to have one class for one file. For example car.cs has the class car. But as I program more classes, I would like to add them to the same file. For

Answer 1

The rule I always go by is to have one main class in a file with the same name. I may or may not include helper classes in that file depending on how tightly they're coupled with the file's main class. Are the support classes standalone, or are they useful on their own? For example, if a method in a class needs a special comparison for sorting some objects, it doesn't bother me a bit to bundle the comparison functor class into the same file as the method that uses it. I wouldn't expect to use it elsewhere and it doesn't make sense for it to be on its own.