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Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Thread and Boost.Move collision
From: Nathan Ridge (zeratul976_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-01 18:55:24


> > An end-user can always change that via the
> > 'using namespace someNamespace' or 'using someNamespace::someElement' when
> > he desires.
>
> Not strictly true, as you can't do it* when you are declaring
> something in a header. This makes things like Boost.Multiindex a bit
> unwieldy.
>
> *Well, technically you can do that in a header too, but most sane
> coding guidelines discourage it, for the same reasons we don't want
> everything in the top level boost namespace.

It should be OK to do it in a header inside a detail namespace, right?

Regards,
Nate
                                               


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