Using a class in a namespace with the same name?

Question

I have to use an API provided by a DLL with a header like this

namespace ALongNameToType {
    class ALongNameToType {
        static void Foo();   
    }
}
         


        

Answer 1

There are three ways to use using. One is for an entire namespace, one is for particular things in a namespace, and one is for a derived class saying it doesn't want to hide something declared/defined in a base class. You can use the second of those:

using ALongNameToType::ALongNameToType

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Unfortunately this isn't working for you (due to the ambiguity of the namespace and the class having the same name). Combining this type of using with a previous answer should get rid of the ambiguity:

namespace alntt = ALongNameToType;
using alntt::ALongNameToType;

But once you've renamed the namespace, you really don't need the using statement (as long as you're comfortable writing the (shortened) namespace every time you use the class:

namespace alntt = ALongNameToType;
alntt::ALongNameToType a;
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