RE: c++/6664: Doesn't differentiate between functions and namespaces as symbols

["Dale Peakall" <dale dot peakall at bit-arts dot com>]

The following reply was made to PR c++/6664; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Dale Peakall" <dale.peakall@bit-arts.com>
To: <lerdsuwa@gcc.gnu.org>,
	<dale@peakall.net>,
	<gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>,
	<gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org>,
	<nobody@gcc.gnu.org>,
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Subject: RE: c++/6664: Doesn't differentiate between functions and namespaces as symbols
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:47:52 +0100

 The example was:
 
 #include <cmath>
 
 namespace log
 {
 	static const int a_var = 0;
 }
 
 int main()
 {}
 
 Fails to compile, due to a conflict between the log function and 
 namespace log.
 
 So the real problem here, is the manner in which the standard library
 imports functions into namespace std with a using directive.
 
 The standard C++ header <cmath> should not specify functions at the
 global scope, that interfere with namespace definitions like the one
 above.
 
 Can we re-open this defect report as a standard library bug?
 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: lerdsuwa@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:lerdsuwa@gcc.gnu.org]
 > Sent: 05 June 2002 15:49
 > To: dale@peakall.net; gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org; gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org;
 > nobody@gcc.gnu.org
 > Subject: Re: c++/6664: Doesn't differentiate between functions and
 > namespaces as symbols
 > 
 > 
 > Synopsis: Doesn't differentiate between functions and 
 > namespaces as symbols
 > 
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
 > State-Changed-By: lerdsuwa
 > State-Changed-When: Wed Jun  5 07:49:01 2002
 > State-Changed-Why:
 >     Not a bug.  According to the standard section 7.3.1 p2,
 >       The identifier in an original-namespace-definition
 >       shall not have been previously defined in the declarative
 >       region in which the original-namespace-definition appears.
 > 
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&;
 > database=gcc&pr=6664
 > 
 > 
 >