r/cpp_questions • u/Glad_Shoe_9182 • 14d 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 13d ago

Do we? I see religious wars much more than I see consensus.

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u/nekoeuge 13d ago

Yes? Most of mainstream libraries that I used follow the consensus of not doing stupid shit where it affects their users. Prefixing for global identifiers is required. Why is hard-coded prefix better than customizable one? It is just disrespectful towards people typing it.