Re: [boost] Re: BPL: error compiling due to name class on 'modulus' in classes.hpp

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-28 18:42:52

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From: <tom-list_at_[hidden]>
> Quite right!
> There is a 'using namespace std;' in the wxWindows source (it is used
> to access the standard iostreams library instead of wxWindows' own
> iostreams).
>
> That's the explanation, but I guess there is no real solution to
> this, so I'll work around it somehow.
> I'll post a message to the wxWindows newsgroup notifying them of this
> conflict.

FWIW, you should tell them that putting a using-directive in a header file
is very bad form, because it leads to problems like this one. They should be
using namespace qualification to get at everything in headers.

-Dave