libstdc++/3759: nonconforming use of unqualified std:: names

Gabriel Dos Reis gdr@codesourcery.com
Thu Jul 26 05:53:00 GMT 2001


"David Abrahams" <david.abrahams@rcn.com> writes:

| Just to reiterate my position: regardless of the question of which names may
| be used unqualified, the library must meet its specification. The places
| where the question of the use of unqualified names are relevant are those
| where the library specification says that a particular function is used in
| the implementation of another function. Examples are in valarray and
| swap_ranges.

I undertand your position, even if we seem to disagree on the right fix.
I hope the (private) discussion between Loren, you and me will end up
with a agreement of what should be done and recommandations in C++STYLE.

-- Gaby
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