Re: usage of namespaces

[Jules Bean]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 11:39:09AM +0200, Ingo Ruhnke wrote:
> Ingo Ruhnke <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > The problem is when a libraries doesn't have its own namespace, so
> > some of the Pingus stuff can conflict with the library. Hm, but ok
> > then one could put the library into a namespace instead of the
> > application. Well, I never created namespaces myself so I don't really
> > know what I am doing.
> 
> And beside that a 'namespace Pingus' shouldn't make much difference,
> since everything in Pingus should be in namespace Pingus one wouldn't
> have to use tons of 'Pingus::' in the header files. In the .cc files
> one can use 'using namespace Pingus::...'
> 
> Anyway, in src/worldmap/PingusWorldMapNode* I have now inserted a
> Pingus and a Pingus::WorldMap namespace.

Personally, I think it's a good idea.  It makes subroutine names
shorter (in contexts where the namespace is in scope) which in turn
makes code easier to read, which makes it easier to understand...

Jules