Thread: What does ::blah mean?

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    What does ::blah mean?

    Just a simple one (that's hard to search for answers to), basically just the title.

    What exactly happens when there isn't a namespace in front of the '::'? Is it to do with the current namespace? Or std?

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    The global namespace?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave_Sinkula
    The global namespace?
    Yup. I understand it might not be an actual question, but I wanted to make things clear ;-)

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    Ah, ok. I was actually under the impression (for silly reasons, apparently) that it was the opposite of the global namespace. Oops. Thanks for the reply.

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