Re: [Boost-users] Ambiguous symbols possibly caused by Boost 1.69.0

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Ambiguous symbols possibly caused by Boost 1.69.0
From: Leon Mlakar (leon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-02-27 15:59:11

On 27.02.2019 16:53, degski via Boost-users wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 11:05, Tim Burgess via Boost-users 
> <boost-users_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost-users_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Gavin,
>
>     Just to be clear, is it just "using namespace boost;" I need to
>     worry about,
>     or do I also need to strip out entries like "using namespace
>     boost::filesystem;"?
>
>
> "using namespace xxx" is probably a bad idea in any [if not all] 
> case[s], if the namespace is lengthy [as they tend to be in Boost], it 
> would be better to define a (distinctive) namespace alias.

They are a particularly bad idea in public header files.

Best regards,

Leon