> On 23 Jan 2020, at 13:43, lemzwerg--- via Discussions on LilyPond development
> <lilypond-devel@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Why is this ugly? std::string is really the name of the class.
>
> No question, but I would prefer
>
> struct xxx {
> using std:string;
>
> string foo;
> string bar;
> string baz;
> }
> }
>
> to
>
> struct xxx {
> std::string foo;
> std::string bar;
> std::string baz;
> }
>
> for example, to increase legibility if there are many strings.
When using ones own namespace reusing names of std, then the external object
must be qualified. For example,
namespace lly {
class string {
public:
string(const std::string&);
explicit operator std::string() const;
};
…
inline string operator+(string& x, string& y) {
return std::string(x) + std::string(y);
}
} // namespace lly
