I get this error when I compile. c:\Programming\Code\Work\TitanEngine\3ds.h(94): error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '<' It has to do this code I have included vector header...

std::vector<tMaterialInfo> pMaterials;

Or use a using namespace std; declaration.

Enigma

Thanks that did the trick.

I guess I really ought to explain name lookup rather than just give you the answer.

Namespaces provide a way to partition the global namespace to avoid running into the problem of the same name being used several times in a library. A nifty little contrived example should demonstrate this problem

Your compiler has absolutely no way of knowing which right you mean when. Because of this ambiguity it won't even let you get that far. Merely trying to include both headers will result in a compiler error.

The solution is to wrap each library in its own namespace, so the names are actually different:

Now the names are no longer ambiguous. nav::right refers unambiguously to the integer right from the navigation library while errHandler::right unambiguously refers to the const char* right from the error handling library.

Writing errHandler:: repeatedly can get pretty old fast, so a using declaration imports all the names in a namespace into the global namespace:

Now the unqualified right unambigously refers to right from the error handling library while the nav::right still unambiguously refers to the right from the navigation library.

Of course, if you did:

You'd be right back where you started, which is why you shouldn't rely on using declarations too much.

The standard library functions and variables are all defined in the namespace std so that you don't have to worry about conflicting with them. If they weren't imagine what would happen if you added some 3d graphics to your project:


Enigma