[Dev-C++] Using Namespaces

[Siva C. <siv...@ya...>]

hello all,

I have a question on using namespaces. Say I want to
build a class ClassA and put it in a namespace abc.
Then I would declare the class in a header file,
header1.h, like:

#ifndef __HEADER1_H__
#define __HEADER1_H__

namespace abc
{ // Start of namespace brace.

class ClassA
{
...
};

} // End of namespace brace.

#endif // __HEADER1_H__

Now I would like to include this header file in
another header file, header2.h. Here again I want to
declare a class ClassB under the same namespace abc.
This ClassB is inherited from ClassA. So to avoid
writing abc::ClassA everywhere I just say:

using namespace abc;

at the begining of the file. My file would be like:

#ifndef __HEADER2_H__
#define __HEADER2_H__

#include "header1.h"

using namespace abc;

namespace abc
{ // Start of namespace brace.

class ClassB : public ClassA
{
...
};

} // End of namespace brace.

#endif // __HEADER2_H__

My question is here: By explicitly putting a statement
like

using namespace abc;

I am including such a statement in all my code which
use this header file header2.h. Is there a way to
avoid such a thing from happening without losing the
functionality I want it to be there for? Or is it that
I am not using it in the right manner?

Thanks a lot for having enough patience to read this
long,

Siva Chandra.



		
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