Subj : Re: Class in Header file
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : maeder
Date : Mon May 17 2004 07:38 pm

john blackburn <john.blackburn@lintonhealy.co.uk> writes:

> Isn't "list" a reserved keyword under C++ ?

Not literally.

std::list is the name of a class template of the Standard C++ Library, so
it is probably a good idea to not use the name list for anything else, or
future readers of the code will be surprised.

I don't think that this rule should be extended to List, though.

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