On 2012-11-09 10:49 PM, Robert O'Callahan wrote:
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Zack Weinberg <za...@panix.com> wrote:
The style guide should forbid `using namespace` altogether. Use only what
you need.
I really don't think it should. I do not want to see source files full of
difficult-to-maintain and unnecessary "using" boilerplate a la Java
"import". At least with Java imports, there are really good tools for
managing the mess; we don't have those tools for C++.
I challenge your presuppositions. The average file should need no more
than one or two `using SYMBOL;` lines per header it includes.
Maintaining this will not be significantly more difficult than
maintaining the existing lists of header inclusions (which I admit is
already too difficult). And I think that it is worth it in order not to
lose one of the major benefits of namespaces, viz. that you don't have
to worry about symbol conflicts with anything but what you actually use.
zw
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