RE: [Boost-users] "using namespace" in template implementation fi les

From: Jim.Hyslop (Jim.Hyslop_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-05 10:23:54

Erik Thiele wrote:
> usually in normal non-template coding style i can do
> 
> using namespace std;
> 
> on the top of each .cpp file. but now i cannot do it, because it is
> actually in a header file and i don't want to include another 
> namespace
> in the interface definition.
> 
> how can i solve the problem? i don't want to write "using 
> namespace std"
> at the beginning of every template function declaration, but only once
> per implementation file.
Unfortunately, you can't. Unless you can find a way to move the function
definitions out of line, into a separate file - then it would be treated as
any other .cpp file.

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Jim Hyslop
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Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
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