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Re: what is wrong here?


On Jul  3, 1999, "Martin v. Loewis" <martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote:

>> > namespace N {
>> > using ::f;
>> > class C {
>> >         friend void f ();

>> > bug1.cc:8: `void N::f()' conflicts with previous using declaration `void f()'

>> Yup.  In fact, I had met this bug while trying to find a work-around
>> for you, but I had forgotten to add it to the testsuite too.  Thanks
>> for reminding me of that.

> Why is this a bug? I believe the error message is correct.

IMHO, the using declaration causes the name `f' to be found in N, so
the friend declaration shouldn't introduce a new declaration, just
bind to the one it finds.

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