Using std Namespace

Question

There seem to be different views on using \'using\' with respect to the std namespace.

Some say use \' using namespace std\', other say don\'t but rathe

Answer 1

Why not for example

typedef std::vector ints_t;
ints_t ints1;
....
ints_t ints2;

instead of the unwieldy

std::vector ints1;
...
std::vector ints2;

I find that much more readable and its my standard for coding.

You can even use it to include some semantic information for the reader. For example, consider the function prototypes

void getHistorgram(std::vector&, std::vector&);

which ones the return value?

How about instead

typedef std::vector values_t;
typedef std::vector histogram_t;
...
void getHistogram(values_t&, histogram_t&);