Question

How can I typedef/alias this into something more basic like ProjectInstance:

((ProjectType*)NamespaceOne::NamespaceTwo::ClassName::StaticVariable)->x=0;

This is a static class and calling it by namespace+casting it every time is annoying.

How can I simplify this into an alias of some sort so I can just refer to it as

ProjectInstance->x=0;

I was originally thinking something along these lines:

#typedef ((ProjectType*)NamespaceOne::NamespaceTwo::ClassName::StaticVariable) ProjectInstance

Where ProjectInstance is the alias for StaticVariable casted into ProjecType*.

NamespaceOne::NamespaceTwo::ClassName::StaticVariable

StaticVariable is an instance of BaseType. ProjectType extends BaseType, I am simply casting StaticVariable to ProjectType because there is an additional variable “x” in ProjectType class.

What I am trying to avoid:
Declaring a pointer/function in each class where I need to access this static variable.

So far the solution is “using namespace”, while I was aware of this before, it’s the best posted solution so far.

So we cut our original line of code into:

 ((ProjectType*)ClassName::StaticVariable)->x=0;

I have another solution:

 ClassName::ProjectStaticVariable->x=0;

By creating a new pointer inside the “ClassName” class I was able to cut it down even more.

Are there any better ways to cut this down even further?

Answer 1

call using directive locally?

using namespace NamespaceOne::NamespaceTwo::NamespaceThree;
// do something to StaticVariable