Question

i recently added:

#define NOMINMAX
#include <Windows.h>
#include <algorithm>

to my main.cpp in order to use

std::max( x , x ); // x is just a placeholder and not actual anything
std::min( x  , x );

but i can’t use std::max()/std::min() in other files.

error C2589: '(' : illegal token on right side of '::'
error C2059: syntax error : '::'

i tried to add #define NOMINMAX in my other files, but fails. what is the clue?

i looked around before asking, but i don’t understand the answer Possible problems with NOMINMAX on Visual C++

Answer 1

If you’re really desperate, put parentheses around the function names:

(std::min)(x, y);

This syntax won’t apply a function-like macro. (Formally, to apply a function-like macro the name of the macro must be followed by optional white space then a ‘(‘.)