Re: 2.5.1: Header change breaks MacOS X

[Carl Sorensen]

On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 16:27, Matthias Neeracher wrote:
> On Nov 24, 2004, at 1:28 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> 
> >
> > What is the proper fix? Should we be using
> >
> >      using std;
> >
> > somewhere?
> 
> Yes, I think a declaration
> 
> using namespace std;
> 
> would solve the issue. C++ purists abhor the practice because it 
> pollutes the program namespace with a potentially large set of symbols. 
> The stylish solution is
> 
> using std::isinf;
> 
> in every file using this symbol, but this would be a lot of work, and a 
> pain to write portably until all C++ platforms are up to date with 
> their namespace usage.

Is it possible to to it the stylish way by putting

using std::isinf;

in one of the header files that's included in all of the C++ modules?

Carl