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Does a C++ namespace alias defined inside a function definition have a block, function, file, or other scope (duration of validity)?

EmpireJones
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It's a block duration of validity.

For example: If you define a namespace alias as below, the namespace alias abc would be invalid outside the {...}-block.

{  
    namespace abc = xyz;
    abc::test t;  //valid 
}
abc::test t;  //invalid
Anton Kesy
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rjoshi
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The scope is the declarative region in which the alias is defined.

Reed Copsey
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It would have the scope of the block in which it was defined - likely to be the same as function scope unless you declare the alias inside a block within a function.

Jonathan Leffler
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I'm fairly certain that a namespace alias only has scope within the block it's created in, like most other sorts of identifiers. I can't check for sure at the moment, but this page doesn't seem to go against it.

Twisol
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As far as I know, it's in the scope it's declared. So, if you alias in a method, then it's valid in that method, but not in another.

Joanne C
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Take a look at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C++_Programming/Scope/Namespaces

KV Prajapati
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It is valid for the duration of the scope in which it is introduced.

Take a look at http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/namespace_alias, I trust the explanation of cppreference, it's much more standard.

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  • Please don't provide only a link. Also add at least a partial excerpt from the page you are referencing. – Matthias Oct 28 '13 at 02:13