AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_NAMESPACES],
[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler implements namespaces,
ac_cv_cxx_namespaces,
[AC_LANG_SAVE
AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
AC_TRY_COMPILE([namespace Outer { namespace Inner { int i = 0; }}],
[using namespace Outer::Inner; return i;],
ac_cv_cxx_namespaces=yes, ac_cv_cxx_namespaces=no)
AC_LANG_RESTORE
])
if test "$ac_cv_cxx_namespaces" = yes; then
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NAMESPACES,,[define if the compiler implements namespaces])
fi
])