[boost] Re: namespace{#include} (Was: Boost Integer Library)

From: Valentin Bonnard (Bonnard.V_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-08-18 08:15:58

Beman Dawes wrote:
> 
> At 06:03 PM 8/17/99 +0200, Valentin Bonnard wrote:
> 
> >1/
> >namespace boost
> >{
> >#include <boost/stdint.h>
> >
> >Hum hum
> 
> I assume "hum hum" means you think the usage is a bit odd. 

It is

> And it
> is, but since the only thing in stdint.h are typedefs, we can hijack
> them into namespace boost if we want to, AFAIK.

AFAIK, you are _never_ allowed to include a standard header inside 
a namespace. I am sure that this can at least give strange results, 
like having two functions:
- foo::strchr
- std::strchr
in scope.

-- 
Valentin Bonnard