C++11 allows inline namespace
s, all members of which are also automatically in the enclosing namespace
. I cannot think of any useful application of this — can somebody please give a brief, succinct example of a situation where an inline namespace
is needed and where it is the most idiomatic solution?
(Also, it is not clear to me what happens when a namespace
is declared inline
in one but not all declarations, which may live in different files. Isn’t this begging for trouble?)