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symbol
' : ambiguous symbol
The compiler cannot determine which symbol you are referring to. More than one symbol with the specified name is in scope. See the notes following the error message for the file locations and declarations the compiler found for the ambiguous symbol. To fix this issue, you can fully qualify the ambiguous symbol by using its namespace, for example,
std::byte
or
::byte
. You can also use a
namespace alias
to give an included namespace a convenient short name for use when disambiguating symbols in your source code.
C2872 can occur if a header file includes a
using directive
, and a subsequent header file is included that contains a type that is also in the namespace specified in the
using
directive. Specify a
using
directive only after all your header files are specified with
#include
.
C2872 can occur in Visual Studio 2013 due to a conflict between the
Windows::Foundation::Metadata::Platform
enum type and the C++/CX-defined
Platform
namespace. To work around this problem, follow these steps:
Remove the "using namespace Windows::Foundation::Metadata" clause from the project files.
Specify the fully qualified name for any type that is included in this namespace.
Example
The following sample generates C2872, because an ambiguous reference is made to a variable named
i
; two variables with the same name are in scope:
// C2872.cpp
// compile with: cl /EHsc C2872.cpp
namespace A {
int i;
using namespace A;
int i;
int main() {
::i++; // ok, uses i from global namespace
A::i++; // ok, uses i from namespace A
i++; // C2872 ambiguous: ::i or A::i?
// To fix this issue, use the fully qualified name
// for the intended variable.
