Problem with GMP and a user defined namespace

[Christopher Creutzig]

Marc Glisse wrote:

> This namespace thing makes the compiled gmpxx inadequate since it is 
> defining say operator<< and not GMP::operator<<.

 While I agree that putting new namespaces around some unsuspecting code
is a bad idea, this reason should not be one. By the rules of Koenig
lookup, the GMP::operator<< will be found if one of the operands has a
type defined in the GMP namespace.


Christopher