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[C++] Evading naming conflicts

Started by HopeDagger Dec 25, 2006 at 11:34 PM 6 replies 2.2k views

Original Post

Dec 25, 2006 at 11:34 PM

I'm writing a program that makes use of a Curses library, which defines a clear() function amongst many others. However, I'm also using the STL 'string' class, which defines a method clear() as well. Unfortunately, these two are conflicting. Is there any way around this? Thanks in advance!

jflanglois

Dec 25, 2006 at 11:38 PM

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Original post by HopeDagger
I'm writing a program that makes use of a Curses library, which defines a clear() function amongst many others. However, I'm also using the STL 'string' class, which defines a method clear() as well. Unfortunately, these two are conflicting. Is there any way around this?

Thanks in advance!

Can you post the specific error(s) you are getting? And possibly some offending code?

jfl.

Smit

Dec 25, 2006 at 11:42 PM

Do you have 'using namespace std'? If you do lose it and just prefix STL class with std::

Vorpy

Dec 26, 2006 at 1:52 AM

How is a method name conflicting with a function name? Class members are in a separate namespace associated with the class. Unless this curses library is defining clear with a macro...

Bimble Bob

Dec 26, 2006 at 2:18 PM

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Original post by Smit
Do you have 'using namespace std'? If you do lose it and just prefix STL class with std::

You don't have to loose it. You can just use std:: anyway to solve ambiguity.

Zakwayda

Dec 26, 2006 at 2:35 PM

It looks like the problem is that the Curses library defines clear() as a macro. Here is a link that discusses the problem and some possible solutions.

HopeDagger

Dec 26, 2006 at 7:21 PM

Aye, that did it, jyk. A big thanks to everyone who contributed, though. :)

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