--- Comment #2 from emilp at mac dot com 2006-03-08 08:45 ---
But isn't this problem already solved for the using directive. The code below
compiles fine and works as expected. In fact, in the days of gcc 3, using
could be used for namespaces and behaved exactly the way I would prefer.
--- Comment #3 from bangerth at dealii dot org 2006-03-08 14:59 ---
I didn't make up the rules, so you're barking up the wrong tree :-)
But the difference between using directives for names and namespace
aliases is that a using directive is final: it imports a name into
the present
--- Comment #4 from emilp at mac dot com 2006-03-08 15:23 ---
I did come on a bit strong, didn't I? Sorry about that, I'm just a bit
frustrated since it used to work better in the gcc 3 series :-)
Do you have a suggestion as to where I could continue this discussion?
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--- Comment #5 from bangerth at dealii dot org 2006-03-08 15:26 ---
(In reply to comment #4)
I did come on a bit strong, didn't I? Sorry about that, I'm just a bit
frustrated since it used to work better in the gcc 3 series :-)
Oh, don't worry. I put a smiley to my remark, just in
--- Comment #6 from emilp at mac dot com 2006-03-08 16:47 ---
I'm considering filing a defect report (for a standard clarification) to the
commitee but I would like to make sure I'm not climbing any trees here... In
your first reply you said My understanding is that this code is in fact
--- Comment #7 from bangerth at dealii dot org 2006-03-08 17:21 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
I'm considering filing a defect report (for a standard clarification) to the
commitee but I would like to make sure I'm not climbing any trees here... In
your first reply you said My
--- Comment #1 from bangerth at dealii dot org 2006-03-08 04:52 ---
My understanding is that this code is in fact invalid (and icc
agrees with me). You may consider this part of the standard
gratuitously unfriendly, but remember that namespace aliases form
a directed graph and proving
