Article ID: 153398
Article Last Modified on 7/5/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 Subscription
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q153398
SYMPTOMS
A program that uses a namespace including a typedef name for the base class name may cause the compiler to generate the following error message:
In addition, this error will be followed by a message similar to this:
RESOLUTION
Avoid a typedef name for the base class within a different derived class namespace.
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.
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Sample Code
/* Compile options needed: */ //messages.cpp namespace X { class A{}; typedef A B; } namespace Y{ class C: public X::B{}; // Work around: replace the above line with the following: // class C : public X::A{}; }
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