"Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.FrankLho@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:bp6mcr$2uc$1@bob.news.rcn.net...
>
> I've done that a lot in my C++ code. In the C++ community, the "using"
> declaration is even more controversial than the "use" clause is in the Ada
> community. I have programmed for groups where using "using" is prohibited
> unless absolutely necessary.
>
> You can do stream program without "using", but that involves writing
> std::cout, std::flush, std::endl, etc., not to mention appending std to
> every identifier from the STL.
>
> If Russ dislikes the clutter caused by matching "with" and "use" clauses
in
> Ada, he'd be appalled at what often goes on in the C++ community!
>
>
I hear ya :-).

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