From 1918872550445306166 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,22e67e794d61e771 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,22e67e794d61e771 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Ron Natalie Subject: Re: The definition of namespace. Date: 1999/09/01 Message-ID: <37CD3FE6.D4D1B57B@sensor.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 519813564 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <37cbef06.0@newsfeed.jdedwards.com> X-Original-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 11:01:58 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: izvestia.its.unimelb.edu.au 936206697 26541 128.250.37.153 (1 Sep 1999 17:24:57 GMT) Organization: Sensor Systems X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAN81hWeEDnX0m9pzZAQG8/QF+MMA5ZpKp0u45FG6+rd/zPQs6AsPMJVw1 /Fso0MrhzbackTS/ec/5WA3r527nzENN =KkXt Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Sep 1999 17:24:57 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c++ Jerry wrote: > > Hi: > I feel that the namespace and scope are almost the same thing. So I give > the definition of namespace as the name of a scope. Is it a correct > definition? Thanks in advacne. > In C++ "namespace" is a very specific concept. It refers to a facility to partition global names. Scope is a broader concept. It describes how a name is interpretted at a give point. It involves the function block heirarchy, the class heirarcy, and the namespaces in use. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]