Ugh, you're right :( I had originally tested in a class-less function. Within class declarations "using" is only good for things in the base class.
http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/using_declaration ----- Original Message ----- > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Monica Chew <m...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > > This compiles using g++ for me. > > > > namespace foo { > > namespace bar { > > class baz; > > } > > } > > > > using foo::bar::baz; > > class nsSVGUtils > > { > > public: > > static baz GetFillRule(baz* aElement); > > }; > > > > int main(void) { > > return 0; > > } > > > > If we put that in nsSVGUtils.h, then that "using" directive brings "baz" > into the global scope for every translation unit that needs to #include > nsSVGUtils.h, which is no good. Putting a typedef in the class makes "baz" > available only within nsSVGUtils, which is what we want. > > C++ just sucks here :-(. > > Rob > -- > Jtehsauts tshaei dS,o n" Wohfy Mdaon yhoaus eanuttehrotraiitny eovni > le atrhtohu gthot sf oirng iyvoeu rs ihnesa.r"t sS?o Whhei csha iids teoa > stiheer :p atroa lsyazye,d 'mYaonu,r "sGients uapr,e tfaokreg iyvoeunr, > 'm aotr atnod sgaoy ,h o'mGee.t" uTph eann dt hwea lmka'n? gBoutt uIp > waanndt wyeonut thoo mken.o w * > * > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
