[boost] Re: property access name "set" conflicts with std::set

From: Dave Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-01-27 00:01:58

> Hi,
> 
> I'm a bit concerned about the name clash between the property accessor
> (for the graph stuff) function set(), and the class std::set.
>
> If someone does "using namespace std;", and includes <set>,
> then they'll have trouble using the property accessor.
>
> I suggest we change the name.

I disagree. People should not be writing using-directives, except to aid
transitions from old pre-namespace code. The standard library is in a
namespace so we don't have to worry about such things.

-Dave