c++/7176: g++ confused by friend and static member with same name

[Nicola Musatti]

The following reply was made to PR c++/7176; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nicola Musatti <nmusatti@comm2000.it>
To: Raoul Gough <RaoulGough@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org,
   nobody@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c++/7176: g++ confused by friend and static member with same name
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 08:26:13 +0200

 Sorry for the delay in answering.
 
 Raoul Gough wrote:
 > 
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&p
 > r=7176
 > 
 > Is this PR related to (or the same) as the following much simpler compile
 > problem?
 > 
 > typedef int foo;
 > 
 > struct bar {
 >   foo foo;
 > };
 > 
 > $ f:/mingw/bin/g++ -c typename_reuse.cc
 > typename_reuse.cc:4: declaration of `foo bar::foo'
 > typename_reuse.cc:1: changes meaning of `foo' from `typedef int foo'
 
 This has many similarities with the problem I submitted, but I don't
 know enough about language details or the compiler to venture an
 opinion.
 
 Cheers,
 Nicola Musatti