Re: include headers: <X>, <X.h> and global namespaces

From: Ioannis Vranos (ivr_at_guesswh.at.grad.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:12:31 +0300

Jack Klein wrote:

> Since you ventured into the realm of opinion, the thing one *should*
> do when defining new versions of standard library facilities is to
> *not*, under any circumstances, give them the name of standard
> functions or types, even if do so in such a way that there is no
> collision. Doing so is a monstrous crime.

Yes however standard library facilities are defined in namespace std
(except of the .h header file cases of the C subset).

Also can't one write his own versions of standard library facilities in
his own namespace?

Regards,

Ioannis Vranos