question about std namespace

[himbo]

Hey,
I'm using Visual C++ 6. I'm having a problem overloading operators as friends. Everything works fine when I don't bring the std namespace into scope, but when I do I get error messages saying that the function cannot access the private data of the class. Basically I want to know what the issue is with this, and if there is a workaround that is not making all the data public, or using a accessor method.

thanks

 

[qednick]

instead of specifying [tt]using namespace std;[/tt]

try putting [tt]std::[/tt] in front of all std stuff - this will keep it separate from everything else. eg:

instead of

[tt]using namespace std;

cout << &quot;Hello&quot; << endl;[/tt]

just do this:

[tt]

std::cout << &quot;hello&quot; << std::endl;[/tt]

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[Cagliostro]

also

std:stream& operator<< (std:stream& out, myclass xxx)
{
...
return out;
}

By the way, STL files with extension .h are deprecated. If you hafe something like <iostream.h> <fstream.h> .... use <iostream> <fstream> ... instead of all of them. Ion Filipski

filipski@excite.com

 

[rpet]

I agree with IonFilipski. You should also avoid to use old and new stdlib header files in one project. And do not use 'using namespace' in header files.

 

[himbo]

thanks everyone for you help it is appreciated