Re: [Dev-C++] namespace std?

[Nick <en...@ho...>]

Hello Chris,


> Just a quick question that has been bugging me!
> 
> I if compile the program:
> 
> #include <iostream>
> 
> int main()
> {
>  cout << "Hello World!\n";
>  return 0;
> }
> 
> It works perfectly! But surely it should fail because I have used the
> new style header files that are placed in namespace std. Being as I
> have not added 'using namespace std;' to my program - why does it
> work?! I though you had to qualify each function with std::
> 
> Im sure there is a good reason for this - Im just interested!
> 
The short answer for this is "legacy code." Without going into too 
much detail, and ultimately leaving something out, here is a link to 
a number of pages and discussions on this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22-fhonor-std%22

The compiler option is "-fhonor-std" but in order for it to work 
correctly, your library must have been built with this flag.

regards,

Nick