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diff --git a/docs/CodingStandards.html b/docs/CodingStandards.html index 011ac98100..22a29427ce 100644 --- a/docs/CodingStandards.html +++ b/docs/CodingStandards.html @@ -914,11 +914,13 @@ such, we never use '<tt>using namespace std;</tt>' in LLVM.</p> <p>The exception to the general rule (i.e. it's not an exception for the <tt>std</tt> namespace) is for implementation files. For example, all of the code in the LLVM project implements code that lives in the 'llvm' namespace. -As such, it is ok, and actually clearer, for the <tt>.cpp</tt> files to have a '<tt>using -namespace llvm</tt>' directive at their top, after the <tt>#include</tt>s. The -general form of this rule is that any <tt>.cpp</tt> file that implements code in any -namespace may use that namespace (and its parents'), but should not use any -others.</p> +As such, it is ok, and actually clearer, for the <tt>.cpp</tt> files to have a +'<tt>using namespace llvm</tt>' directive at their top, after the +<tt>#include</tt>s. This reduces indentation in the body of the file for source +editors that indent based on braces, and keeps the conceptual context cleaner. +The general form of this rule is that any <tt>.cpp</tt> file that implements +code in any namespace may use that namespace (and its parents'), but should not +use any others.</p> </div> |