Re: [gentoo-dev] Need some c++ help here please:

[Terje Kvernes]

Spider <spider@g.o> writes:

> Richard Reich <rreich@×××××××.com> wrote:
>
> > #include <iostream>
> > using namespace std;
> > int main(){
> >      cout << "Hello World" << endl;
> >       return(0);
> > }
>
> according to the ml posts I've read this is bad practice and one
> should use std::cout whenever/wherever there is need of it.  I'm
> good at bad practice though ;)

  the point is mostly to avoid cluttering the global namespace with
  identifiers.  you can move the "using namespace <foo>" into a
  containing block if need be:

#include <iostream>
int main(){
     using namespace std;
     cout << "Hello World" << endl;
     return(0);
}

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Terje