Why std::cout instead of simply cout?

Question

I get these error messages for all cout and endl:

main.cc:17:5: error: ‘cout’ was not declared in this scope
main.cc:17:5: note: sugges         


        

Answer 1

You could use the namespace

http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/cpp/threads/109029/what-its-the-use-of-using-namespace-std

But you might offend someone

Why is "using namespace std" considered bad practice?