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Lecture 1.3

The document explains the concept of namespaces in C++, which help prevent name conflicts in large projects by placing symbols in a named scope. It details how to define a namespace, call functions or variables within it, and utilize the 'using' directive to simplify code. Examples illustrate the practical application of namespaces and the output of functions from different namespaces.

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Lecture 1.3

The document explains the concept of namespaces in C++, which help prevent name conflicts in large projects by placing symbols in a named scope. It details how to define a namespace, call functions or variables within it, and utilize the 'using' directive to simplify code. Examples illustrate the practical application of namespaces and the output of functions from different namespaces.

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CONTENTS

• Introduction to namespace

1
Namespace
• Namespaces provide a method for preventing name
conflicts in large projects.
• Symbols declared inside a namespace block are placed
in a named scope that prevents them from being
mistaken for identically-named symbols in other scopes.
• Multiple namespace blocks with the same name are
allowed. All declarations within those blocks are
declared in the named scope.

2
Defining a Namespace

• A namespace definition begins with the


keyword namespace followed by the namespace name as
follows −

namespace namespace_name { // code declarations }

• To call the namespace-enabled version of either function or


variable, prepend (::) the namespace name as follows −

name::code; // code could be variable or function.

3
Example:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// first name space
namespace first_space { Output:
void func() { Inside first_space
Inside second_space
cout << "Inside first_space" << endl;
}
}
// second name space
namespace second_space {
void func() {
cout << "Inside second_space" << endl;
}
}
int main () {
// Calls function from first name space.
first_space::func();

// Calls function from second name space.


second_space::func();
return 0; 4
The using directive
• You can also avoid prepending of namespaces with the using
namespace directive. This directive tells the compiler that the
subsequent code is making use of names in the specified namespace.
• The ‘using’ directive can also be used to refer to a particular item
within a namespace. For example, if the only part of the std
namespace that you intend to use is cout, you can refer to it as
follows −
using std::cout;

5
Example:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// first name space
namespace first_space { Output:
Inside first_space
void func() {
cout << "Inside first_space" << endl;
}
}
// second name space
namespace second_space {
void func() {
cout << "Inside second_space" << endl;
}
}
using namespace first_space;
int main () {
// This calls function from first name space.
func();
return 0;
}

6
Summary

In this lecture we have discussed about Namespaces in C++

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