Problem with namespaces. global name crashes with namespace name

[Dean Foster]

// $Id:

// using egcs(g++) version:
// Reading specs from
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/egcs-2.91.66/specs
// gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)


#include <iostream.h>


int f();  // same problem if defined here also
Two weeks ago I upgraded to egcs 1.0.3.  I loved it.  I reported a bug (that had
been fixed) and so upgraded to egcs 1.1.2.  I'm loving it even more!  I can now
write in real C++ instead of watered down C++.

In the process of moving to standard compilant code, I discovered the following
namespace bug.  Suppose there is a global f() defined and an X::f() declared. 
These names crash when I try to define X::f() without reopening the name space.  

Personally, I'm kinda inclined to consider this a feature.  :-)  I hope never to
have such code in my production code.

thanks again for a wonderful compiler,

dean



// using egcs(g++) version:
// Reading specs from
// /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/egcs-2.91.66/specs
// gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)


#include <iostream.h>


int f();  // same problem if defined here instead of later

namespace X
{
  int f();
};

int
X::f()   // this generates a name crash with int f() above: "ambiguates old
declariation `int f()'"
{
  return 2;
};

// replacing the above defintion with the following works fine
//namespace X  {    int X::f() {return 2;}   };

main()
{
  cout << X::f() << endl;
};

int f()
{
  return 1;
};