c++ namespace best practice dilemma

Question

I\'m finding that what I\'ve considered \"best practice\" for use namespace in c++ is hurting the readability of my code, and making me question how to use them well.

My

Answer 1

Here's what I do.

In :

namespace myproject {
  namespace mylibrary
  {
    namespace impl
    {
      using namespace otherlibrary;
      using namespace boost;
      using namespace std;
      using namespace whatever::floats::your::boat;

      class myclass;
      class myotherclass;
    };
    using impl::myclass;
    using impl::myotherclass;
  };
};

In the source:

#include 
using namespace myproject::mylibrary; //clean!