Question

According to this link

A point from C++0x draft : n3290

Shall this program is correct ?

EX:
namespace  X {};
enum Foo
  {
      X = 0,     #1
      Y,
      Z = X // X refers to the enum, not the type
  };

Iam getting error while execution this program like // #1 ‘X’ redeclared as different kind of symbol

But in the above statement link …namespace scopes containing the enum-specifier. …etc

please clarify my doubt.

Otherwise Please any one give me an example that proves the above statement(in link) with namespace

Answer 1

There is a difference in that the original question had a struct X instead of namespace X. The namespace name is visible in this scope, and so is Foo::X as enum names “leak” into the surrounding namespace. That creates a conflict.

In C (and therefore also in C++) the name of a struct/class/union is in a separate “tag namespace” (a C term with a different meaning) which allows us to declare another item using the same name in the same scope:

Difference between 'struct' and 'typedef struct' in C++?