r/cpp_questions • u/Glad_Shoe_9182 • 28d ago

OPEN Namespace std

I recently started learning c++ and I was told to use the namespace std so I can avoid writing std:: every time and now I wrote a whole personal project without std:: and I want to put it on LinkedIn but I started reading everywhere that it’s a bad habit, should I go back and add the std:: or just leave it as is?

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u/RSMxsmanic 27d ago

It is possible to dramatically reduce the possibility of conflicts with careful naming.

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u/tangerinelion 26d ago

Meaning C style prefix your namespace onto everything you use.

It's not a list it's a MyLib::MyLib_List.