How do you use Namespaces?

[Nate Bross]

Which of these methods do you use, and why?

 

namespace some.longish.winded.name.space
{
   class something
   {
   }
}

 

or

 

namespace some
{
   namespace longish
   {
       namespace winded
       {
           namespace name
           {
               namespace space
               {
                   class something
                   {
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   }
}

 

Clearly the second approach leads to much greater level of indentation, which could be annoying on a small screen.

 

What advantages do you see to one over the other?

[PlausiblyDamp]

I tend to use the first version when all classes in a file are part of the same namespace - it is less typing and easier to read.

 

If I have more than one namespace in a single file (not common and I don't think I've ever had more than one namespace plus a single nested namespace) then the second form can sometimes be more readable.

[Diesel]

First version, for readability, brevity.