What is the scope of a namespace alias?

Question

Does a C++ namespace alias defined inside a function definition have a block, function, file, or other scope (duration of validity)?

Accepted Answer

It's a block duration of validity.

For example: If you define a namespace alias as below, the namespace alias abc would be invalid outside the `{...}`-block.

```
{  
    namespace abc = xyz;
    abc::test t;  //valid 
}
abc::test t;  //invalid
```

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