name conflicts in enum

[George2]

Hello everyone,


Suppose I have two enums which has an item with the same names -- but different values,

enum foo {
          
          NAME = 100;
}

enum goo {
          
          NAME = 200;
}

Are there any ways to specify whether I need to access NAME in foo or NAME in goo?


thanks in advance,
George

[matsp]

Unless they are in separate header files that are unrelated, or you are using C++, you can't.

In C++, you can use foo::NAME and goo::NAME [I think!]

It's a bad idea to use the same enum name for different values. Renaming at least one so that it's got unique names would be much better.

--
Mats

[zacs7]

Hence why you usually name the members of the enum prefixed with the name of the enum, for example.

enum foo {
          
          FOO_NAME = 100;
};

enum goo {
          
          GOO_NAME = 200;
};

Or even, G_NAME and F_NAME.