Re: namespace and list problem

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:22:41 +0100
Message-ID:
<55krjuF25jb7nU1@mid.individual.net>
* Michael:

Hi All,

I've wasted heaps of time today trying to get some code I copied from a text
to compile. I have cut it down to the following couple of lines which
demonstrate the core of the problem:

#include <iostream>
#include <list>
//using namespace std;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::list;
using std::list<int>::iterator;

int main(){
    list<int> myList;

    iterator<int> it;

    return 0;
}

if I try to compile it as above I get :
:7: error: `std::list<int, std::allocator<int> >' is not a namespace
Why?


A 'using' declaration only applies to something directly in a namespace,
not things in classes. std::list<int> is a class, not a namespace. You
cannot use 'using' for things in std::list<int>.

if I remove the comment marks from the 'using namespace std' and comment out
all the specific 'using's (to try and get round the above) I get:
:12: error: wrong number of template arguments (1, should be 5)
Where did the 5 instead of 1 come from? <sigh>


You haven't shown the code producing that error message, but most
probably it's because of your use of 'iterator', which isn't a template.

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