Error C2365 redefine in VC++ 2010

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Hi all.
I have an enum like that

C#

enum Dmode {
        select,
        place,
        place,
        text,
        paste 
};

I declared it as a new type, outside all my classes. When I built it in VC++ 2005, it's ok. But in VC++2010, the compiler reports that

SQL

error C2365: 'select' : redefinition; previous definition was 'function'
1>          c:\program files\microsoft sdks\windows\v7.0a\include\winsock2.h(1915) : see declaration of 'select'

same to 'connect'
My project has not any #include "winsock2.h" line.

If you have any solution, please give me.

Thank you so much!

Add: I tried changing name 'select' to 'select', the error was removed, but in my project has so many place I used 'select'. I don't want to change it :(

Posted 27-Aug-12 17:59pm

Minh Nguyen Ngoc

Updated 27-Aug-12 18:38pm

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Legor 28-Aug-12 4:41am

"I tried changing name 'select' to 'select'"

How is this a change?

Minh Nguyen Ngoc 28-Aug-12 6:59am

sorry for my mistake. I found in winsock2.h file, it has a function that named as 'select'. so I changed my enum item from 'select' to 'select1' or others... it's OK.

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Peter_in_2780 · Answer 1 · 2012-08-27T18:55:00

Solution 1

Two things:
1. You may not have #included winsock2.h directly, but some other file you DID #include, included it in turn, either directly or indirectly through yet another #include. (A quick search on my system shows 21 files containing "winsock2.h" in the include directory.)
2. If you want to reuse names that conflict with system names, consider using namespaces[^]
Alternatively, you can use the Refactor/Rename command in VS to do an intelligent renaming of YOUR symbol.

Peter

Posted 27-Aug-12 18:55pm

Peter_in_2780

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Minh Nguyen Ngoc 28-Aug-12 7:06am

Thanks for your solution. My friend also suggests me to use macro or namespaces but my project is so big and values of this enum are used at many places so I don't know how to change follow this suggestion.
Temporarily, I move this enum into the classes that use it. It seems OK.
But I hope find a better ideal.
Thank you

Legor 28-Aug-12 7:57am

You should rather put all your classes in a common namespace. Your enum could be declared in a separate header file and in the same namespace as your classes. You can then #include the Header file with the enum in all files that use it.