Re: [Boost-users] equals() from boost/algorithm/string.hpp in top namespace?

9 Mar 2007

      Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek <at> gmail.com> writes:
...
Hi,
Why is equals() in the top namespace in 1.33.1?
#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
#include <boost/array.hpp>
int main()
{
        boost::array<char, 4> a = { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
        equals(a, a);
        return 0;
}
To determine if it /really/ is the top namespace, use

     ::equals(a,a);

This should be rejected, since it blocks the normal name lookup rules.

Re: [Boost-users] equals() from boost/algorithm/string.hpp in top namespace?

bryane