Function - class ambiguity

Two questions:
1. I compiled my program and it worked but died when I ran it.

I have several lines of code in the same main code block that read something like:

Code:

nsWordParse::csWord_Parse WP;
rval = WP.initialize_vector(parm1);
nsOtherNamespace::csOtherClass1 OC1;
rval = OC1.initialize_vector(parm1, parm2);

For whatever reason, if I right-click over "initialize_vector" of any of the above lines, I get a popup box listing all my "initialize_vector" functions from three different classes - each in a different namespace.

My question is how can it be ambigious when I'm specifying a namespace and a class?

Oh, I'm in MSVC++ 6.0

Question 2.
In MSVC++ 6.0,
I have lines similar to :

Code:

std::string reallylongstr;
reallylongstr = passed_parm;

//set counters

	while (!isalpha(reallylongstr[counter]) && (counter <= maxlen))
				{
				tempword = tempword + (*p).substr(counter, 1);
				counter++;
				std::cout<<tempword;
				}

I get "Error: overloaded operator not found." I try reallylongstr[2] in my watch window and get the same error.

Ideas?

I stopped trying to understand Visual C++ 6 and just got a better compiler. I'm much happier now.