Why did you use the STL class name for strings?

[dannypike]

Why did you use the STL class name for strings?

[grisumbras]

Can you point to a the page where we suggest using namespace std; ? I can't find it anywhere in the sources.

using namespace boost::json; is something we do for the documentation. Otherwise all snippets would have had very long identifiers that are harder to read. We also omit necessary includes for snippets to work. It's done to just remove clutter. We do not actually suggest you do that in your code.

I personally only use using namespace for namespaces that are meant for that (namespaces with special operator overloads like std::chrono_literals or namespaces with special variables like std::placeholders). And for other namespaces I just use aliases e.g. namespace json = boost::json;.

Now, to your actual question. Vinnie called it string, because it's for JSON strings, simple as that.

[dannypike]

I saw it in the Quick Look. It's at the end of the first paragraph.

I thought I must have misunderstood something.

Reading it again now, I can see your point that it's only to reduce clutter. I took it as a suggestion that this is the way that I should write the code. Thanks for the clarification!

[grisumbras]

I saw it in the Quick Look. It's at the end of the first paragraph.

I triple checked, but there's no using namespace std; specifically there.

[RoyBellingan]

//sometimes you have multiple json lib at the same time so...
namespace bj = boost::json;

[dannypike]

Yes, thank you. That's what I'm doing now. I was just a bit confused by what I read in the "Quick Look", is all.