everywhere, i need to use std::

[drdoubt]

[1] using namespace std

In my C++ program, even after applying [1], I need to use the std
namespace with the scope resolution operator, like, std::cout,
std::vector. This I found a little bit cumbersome to always include
std.

I somewhere found a trick to overcome this problem. By using

using std::cout;
using std::vector;

rather than using [1].

is it always done like this or is there any other concept that I still
do not know.

regards,
vijay.

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You can just add the statement:

using std;

Then you can use cout, vector etc. directly.

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[Ioannis Vranos]

drdoubt wrote:

[1] using namespace std
using namespace std;

In my C++ program, even after applying [1], I need to use the std
namespace with the scope resolution operator, like, std::cout,
std::vector. This I found a little bit cumbersome to always include
std.

I somewhere found a trick to overcome this problem. By using

using std::cout;
using std::vector;

rather than using [1].

is it always done like this or is there any other concept that I still
do not know.

If you place using namespace std; in the beginning of a scope, there is
no use for explicit scope resolution in that scope.
For example the following should compile successfully with your compiler:
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
using namespace std;

cout<<"Hello world!\n";
}

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[Ioannis Vranos]

EventHelix.com wrote:

You can just add the statement:

using std;

Then you can use cout, vector etc. directly.

using namespace std;

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You can just add the statement:

using std; A little mistake, should be
using namespace std;

Then you can use cout, vector etc. directly.

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[vijay]

[1] using namespace std

But here we need to [1] in every other function where cout, vector may
be used. The problem is that it then becomes a little bit redundant
because we either have to use scope resolution or place [1] in every
function definition.

I just wanted to know whether I can just place [1] in the beginning of
the file and not use scope resolution anywhere else in the program.

regards,
vijay.

[Ioannis Vranos]

vijay wrote:

[1] using namespace std

But here we need to [1] in every other function where cout, vector may
be used. The problem is that it then becomes a little bit redundant
because we either have to use scope resolution or place [1] in every
function definition.

I just wanted to know whether I can just place [1] in the beginning of
the file and not use scope resolution anywhere else in the program.

You mean to place it in the global scope and thus bring everything
defined in namespace std in the global namespace.
Well, namespace mechanism exists so as to be able to use different
facilities from various libraries.
Suppose you have another library or platform providing some other string
type with the name "string".
If you have not such concerns, then I guess you may place the facilities
you want in the global namespace, however you must keep in mind what the
namespace mechanism exists to offer and what problems may arise in the
future.

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[Ioannis Vranos]

Ioannis Vranos wrote:

If you have not such concerns, then I guess you may place the facilities
you want in the global namespace, however you must keep in mind what the
namespace mechanism exists to offer and what problems may arise in the
future.

The preferred method however is to use the using namespace std; and
using std::some_facil ity; in as a small scope as possible, for example:

#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>
#include <vector>


void printfunc(const std::vector<int > &someVec)
{
using namespace std;

for(vector<int> ::size_type i=0; i<someVec.size( ); ++i)
cout<<someVec[i]<<endl;
}
int main()
{
using std::vector;

vector<int> vec(10,2);

printfunc(vec);
}


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[Chris Croughton]

On 22 Feb 2005 10:10:31 -0800, vijay
<Ta***********@ yahoo.com> wrote:

[1] using namespace std

But here we need to [1] in every other function where cout, vector may
be used. The problem is that it then becomes a little bit redundant
because we either have to use scope resolution or place [1] in every
function definition.

I just wanted to know whether I can just place [1] in the beginning of
the file and not use scope resolution anywhere else in the program.

You certainly can, it's just the same as declaring something extern.
That's what I do, I see no point in hiding the std namespace (doing so
makes the code unreadable with std:: in front of everything). You can
do the same with other namespaces if you want as well.

Chris C

[Chris Croughton]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:19:43 +0200, Ioannis Vranos
<iv*@remove.thi s.grad.com> wrote:

Suppose you have another library or platform providing some other string
type with the name "string".
Then you have a problem if you want to use std::string as well. I would
do using na,espace std; globally and get the individual things I needed
from the library separately, probably doing

typedef otherlib::strin g OtherStringT;

to get at the one in the other library.
If you have not such concerns, then I guess you may place the facilities
you want in the global namespace, however you must keep in mind what the
namespace mechanism exists to offer and what problems may arise in the
future.

It's normally safe to include namespace std in a module, as long as you
don't also globally include another namespace as well.

Chris C