Article ID: 167351
Article Last Modified on 12/2/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q167351
SYMPTOMS
A using declaration causes the following error:
CAUSE
The name specified in a using declaration has the same name as an identifier in the template argument list of a templated class.
RESOLUTION
Modify the name in the using declaration or modify the name of the identifier in the template argument list (see sample code below).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++ .NET.
MORE INFORMATION
Sample Code
// Sample Code that causes the error.
template <class T1> struct A {
int x;
T1 y;
int T2;
};
template <class T2> struct B : A<T2> {
using A<T2>::T2;
};
// Sample Code that works around the error by changing the template
// argument list.
template <class T1> struct A {
int x;
T1 y;
int T2;
};
template <class T3> struct B : A<T3> {
using A<T3>::T2;
};
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