Thread: ambiguous symbol

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone could explain why this code won't compile. The compiler says that max is an ambiguous symbol. I just don't see where the ambiguity is.

Code:

app.cpp(8) : error C2872: 'max' : ambiguous symbol

could be 'app.cpp(4) : const int max'      or       'max'

and here's the code

Code:

const int max=100;

class queue
{
	char q[max];
	int putter,getter;
	int size;

public:

	queue(int a)
	{
		if (a>max) a=max;
		if (a<=0) a=1;

		size=a;
		putter=getter=0;
	}
};

thanks for the help

most likely its because the compiler either has a function or macro called max. Which compiler are you using?

Also by convention user defined global consts or user defined macros should be all caps

max is a standard library symbol. The other definition is getting pulled in from a #include.

Just rename you're max to something else for now.

gg

im using vc++2003. thanks guys, i can easily rename it to something else