CS253: Software Development with C++

Fall 2020

Using Namespace Std

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CS253 Using Namespace Std

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Namespaces

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    cout << 1/8.1;
    return 0;
}
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Namespaces

#include <iostream>

int main() {
    cout << 1/8.1;
    return 0;
}
c.cc:4: error: 'cout' was not declared in this scope

Namespaces

#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::cout << 1/8.1;
    return 0;
}
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How it works

#include <iostream>

constexpr auto pi = 3.14159;
void cout() {
    std::cout << "π=" << ::pi << std::endl;
}

int main() {
    ::cout();
}
π=3.14159