Is sa1200 All using directives must be placed inside the namespace (StyleCop) purely cosmetic?

c#, stylecop

Solution

It definitely won't help with GC.

Here's the discussion about two styles:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/abhinaba/stylistic-differences-in-using

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/abhinaba/do-namespace-using-directives-affect-assembly-loading

Problem

Possible Duplicate: Should Usings be inside or outside the namespace sa1200 All using directives must be placed inside the namespace (StyleCop) Is this just for code readibility or is there any actual advantage to doing so? Does it help the GC somehow?

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