Thread: "is not a class or namespace name" error

Hi guys,

I'm trying to figure out why this piece of code, while simple, just refuses to compile in Visual C++ 2010. I have these three example files (two headers, and one main CPP code file). I'd like to use an enum defined in one of the header files (main.h) as a return type for a function in the other (foo.h).

main.h:

Code:

#ifndef __MAINHEAD
#define __MAINHEAD

#include "foo.h"

class main
{
public:
	enum aNewEnum {red, white, blue};
};

#endif

foo.h:

Code:

#ifndef __FOOHEAD
#define __FOOHEAD

#include "main.h"

class foo
{
public:
	main::aNewEnum FunkyFunction();
};

#endif

main.cpp:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "main.h"

int main()
{
	std::cout << "hello world";
	return 0;
}

When I try to build the project, I get error C2653: 'main' : is not a class or namespace name...

I don't think the problem is due to main.cpp, or any of the files for that matter. I feel this should work, but isn't because of something the compiler is missing. Can anyone shed some light on this?