From: Endlisnis Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Namespaces Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:28:59 -0300 Organization: NBTel Internet Lines: 20 Message-ID: <35E6BEAB.564DDB62@unb.ca> References: <35eac763 DOT 48400759 AT news DOT Austria DOT EU DOT net> <1998082802341501 DOT WAA07269 AT ladder01 DOT news DOT aol DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fctnts06c09.nbnet.nb.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Myknees wrote: > >What is that? I heard that term now several times and I don't have a = > >clue. :) > It's a new feature in C++ that lets you put all the names in a library in their > own little package, so that by using the libary you don't have to have all of > those names conflicting with names in other libraries. > > e.g. The standard library functions would be in namespace std. It looks like > this: > mylibspace::print(); > > ...where mylibspace is a namespace. Isn't that just a 'class'? -- (\/) Endlisnis (\/) s257m AT unb DOT ca Endlisnis AT GeoCities DOT com Endlis AT nbnet DOT nb DOT ca