Similar to what STLport does to pull global functions into std::

//test.cpp - test namespace
//global function
void testfunc(void){}

//pull into namespace
namespace myname{
 using ::testfunc;
};


//use in namespace
namespace myname{
 void func(void){
   testfunc(); // Error: ambiguous reference to symbol
 }
};

int main(void){
 myname::func();
 return 1;
};

output:

>sc    test.cpp
test3
   testfunc(); //Error: ambiguous reference to symbol
            ^
test.cpp(13) : Error: ambiguous reference to symbol
Had: testfunc()
and: testfunc()
--- errorlevel 1
>Exit code: 1

Borland compiles cleanly.

>bcc32    test.cpp
Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
test.cpp:
Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland
>Exit code: 0

DMC doesn't do the so-called "Koenig lookup" on namespaces. It will, but until then, probably the easiest thing is to use the STL included with DMC.

"Tom Lowe" <talowe@tmynetplus.com> wrote in message news:a9inco$1acd$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> Similar to what STLport does to pull global functions into std::
>
> //test.cpp - test namespace
> //global function
> void testfunc(void){}
>
> //pull into namespace
> namespace myname{
>  using ::testfunc;
> };
>
>
> //use in namespace
> namespace myname{
>  void func(void){
>    testfunc(); // Error: ambiguous reference to symbol
>  }
> };
>
> int main(void){
>  myname::func();
>  return 1;
> };
>
> output:
>
> >sc    test.cpp
> test3
>    testfunc(); //Error: ambiguous reference to symbol
>             ^
> test.cpp(13) : Error: ambiguous reference to symbol
> Had: testfunc()
> and: testfunc()
> --- errorlevel 1
> >Exit code: 1
>
> Borland compiles cleanly.
>
> >bcc32    test.cpp
> Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland
> test.cpp:
> Turbo Incremental Link 5.00 Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 Borland
> >Exit code: 0
>
>
>

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:a9j2vh$2h7f$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> DMC doesn't do the so-called "Koenig lookup" on namespaces. It will, but until then, probably the easiest thing is to use the STL included with
DMC.

Was hoping I could use stlport to pull standard functions into std::, just have to wait.

Thanks for the reply

Tom Lowe
talowe@mynetplus.com