global::

[Marc]

What's the meaning of global:: in the following statement

global::System.Data.DataTable employee = new DataTable("Employee");
My best guess is that it means the global namespace. But searching on
'global' gives a lot of non relevant entries.

 

[Jeroen Mostert]

What's the meaning of global:: in the following statement

global::System.Data.DataTable employee = new DataTable("Employee");
My best guess is that it means the global namespace. But searching on
'global' gives a lot of non relevant entries.

You'll usually see this in generated code. "global::" is just a way of
saying you want to start name resolution from the root. This would be
necessary, for example, if declared a nested namespace "System" of your own.

 

[Marc]

You'll usually see this in generated code.

Right, I am experimenting with ASP.NET and that's were I saw it.

Dankjewel.

 

[Guest]

Dankjewel.

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