Re: drawbacks of using namespace

[Jeffrey Holle]

There are potentially problems completely opening a namespace.
  1.  Potential name collitions can be avoided by using "using std::cout" style 
statements.
  2.  Some programmers may wish to deliberate express usage of resources using 
"std::cout" when needed.

It might just come down to style, or convenience...

Christian Christmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> are there any drawbacks using
>
> "using namespace std"
>
> instead of defining the required namespaces like
>
> using std::cout
>
> separately?
>
> The first solution is a more convenient one since you
> just need one statement but can the code suffer from it?
>
> Chris