Microsoft KB Archive/163995

= FIX: C2989 Declaring Template Class in a Namespace =

Article ID: 163995

Article Last Modified on 7/5/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q163995



SYMPTOMS
A template class is defined inside a namespace that has the same name as a non-template class declared at global scope. When you compile this construct, the following error message appears:

  error C2989: ' ' : template class has already been defined as   a non-template class



RESOLUTION
There are 3 ways to work around this problem.


 * 1) Change the name of one of the classes involved. If this is possible, it may be the best solution because having two different classes with the same name could lead to confusion.
 * 2) Move the definition of the non-template class so that it appears after the definition of the template class. See sample code below.
 * 3) Move the definition of the non-template class into a namespace (other than the one the template class is defined in).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 5.0.



Sample Code
/* Compile options needed: none */ class test {}; // Move this line below namespace tester for resolution #2. namespace tester { template  class test {}; }

Additional query words: C2989 template namespace

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kblangcpp kbvc500fix kbcpponly kbcompiler KB163995

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