Thorsten wrote:
I must admit that I haven't used quilified names that much since I prefer a using namespace XXX in my .cpp files. However, when overloaded versions cannot co-exist (because of ambiguity), I kind of like the idea of aliasing. I think with names like
namespace str = boost::algorithm::string; namespace cont = boost::algorithm::container;
One can always find the name that seems reasonable readable while still reasonable short.
When I read someone's (my own or someone's else's code) I want to avoid going back (or too - horror - remember...) namespace aliasing from the top of the file. I.e., I want to be able to correctly read the types involved in a function. And, as Peter Dimov said (I think...), if you make a de facto standard of aliasing certain namespaces, such as "filesystem" into "fs", why not incorporate that scheme de legio... /David