Moving C++ bindings in gmpxx.h into a namespace

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com> wrote:
> Is there any interest in moving all the C++ bindings into their own
> namespace, say gnu::mp?

We need a cost/benefit analysis.

What do we gain compared to the massive amount of existing code
that is sure to break?  (I don't see the point of having to liter my
code with either 'using namespace gmp' or 'gmp::' just to get the
existing working code work again.)

-- Gaby