From: rmacombe AT f1n7 DOT u DOT arizona DOT edu (Robert J Macomber)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: C++ scope resolution operator...
Date: 5 Oct 1997 20:15:58 GMT
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In article <3437D17E DOT A9F1CCAE AT nbnet DOT nb DOT ca>,
Jason Nye  <jnye AT nbnet DOT nb DOT ca> wrote:
>But it won't even compile.  It says that i is undeclared on the 'cout <<
>i << endl' line?!  I am confused.  Was there actually an attempt to get
>the scope resolution operator working or is it implemented the same as
>namespaces in djgpp (in other words -- not)?  If someone could give me
>an update, I'd appreciate it.

It works perfectly well -- "::i" means "i at the global level", not "i at
the scope enclosing this one".  Since there is no global i in your
example, you get an error.
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			Rob Macomber
			 (rmacombe AT u DOT arizona DOT edu)