Re: Namespace extension

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From: Steve Clamage
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 02:51

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In article cdt@ugress.uib.no, boukanov@hadron.fi.uib.no (Igor Boukanov)
writes:

>template <class T> namespace unique { 
> ...
>}
>using namespace unique<T>;
>
>but namespace unique is predefined ...

Actually not. The description of the unnamed namespace uses the word
"unique" in italics to represent an arbitrary name chosen by the
compiler which is different from all other names in the program.

You can use the name "unique" for any purpose; it is not reserved or
predefined.
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From: clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage)
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Date: 22 Feb 96 02:51:38 GMT
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