Is it legitimate to use the "using" keyword in base class access control
mode with an operator? i.e. Something like:

class my_other_class;
class my_stream : public ostream {
  public:
     using ostream::operator<<;
     my_stream &operator<<(my_other_class &);
};
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Gerard Weatherby <gerardw@alum.mit.edu> writes:

>Is it legitimate to use the "using" keyword in base class access control
>mode with an operator? i.e. Something like:
>
>class my_other_class;
>class my_stream : public ostream {
>  public:
>     using ostream::operator<<;
>     my_stream &operator<<(my_other_class &);
>};

I have no idea what "base class access control mode" is, but yes, the
above code is legitimate.  Pedantically speaking, you need to add

 #include <iostream>
 using std;

at the top to make it a well-formed program.

(It is not good design, IMHO, but that is a topic for a different newsgroup.)

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