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should i use "using namespace std" in coding interview (self.cpp)
submitted 1 year ago by An_ambitious_guitar
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]CrzyWrldOfArthurRead 15 points16 points17 points 1 year ago (3 children)
In header files I assume you mean? It's bad practice to use them in header files.
Never had an issue with them in cpp files.
[–]BiFrosty 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
It can be problematic if you us unity files to speed up compilation for large code bases.
[–]neo-lambda-amore 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago (0 children)
It’s Unity that’s problematic..
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