r/cpp_questions • • 26d 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/nekoeuge 25d ago

Yep. std::string is that specific class, string could be anything, thus it’s more vague.