Account for file scoped namespaces

[KathleenDollard]

Type of issue

Outdated article

Description

Very slightly outdated

The using directive can appear:

At the beginning of a source code file, before any namespace or type declarations.
In any block scoped namespace, but before any namespaces or types declared in that namespace, unless the global modifier is used, in which case the directive must appear before all namespace and type declarations.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/using-directive

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/csharp/language-reference/keywords/using-directive.md

Document Version Independent Id

86a1c11a-1d3c-902b-6cf3-5c004c59a856

Article author

@BillWagner

Metadata

• ID: 7569e51d-92c7-294a-2d5f-e1ab3c35fdf8
• Service: dotnet-csharp
• Sub-service: lang-reference

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