Weird name collission

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How can a member of an enum type, like

typedef enum tagMPEG4Mode
{
None = 0,
Divx = 1,
Microsoft = 2,
} MPEG4Mode;

collide with a namespace, like Microsoft ? These are both third party
libraries - how can I solve the name collission?

[Doug Harrison [MVP]]

On Thu, 24 May 2007 06:07:02 -0700, Joachim
<Jo*****@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

>How can a member of an enum type, like

typedef enum tagMPEG4Mode
{
None = 0,
Divx = 1,
Microsoft = 2,
} MPEG4Mode;

collide with a namespace, like Microsoft ?

In C++, enum members aren't scoped to the enum but rather to the enclosing
namespace.

>These are both third party
libraries - how can I solve the name collission?

You could rename the enumerator or enclose the enum in a namespace for the
library. Either way, you may have to recompile the library, but the odds
are much worse for the latter.

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP