Thread: Strange response from MSVC

This is strange. I was creating a class and putting a function declaration in it called bool AddFrame(). MSVC pops up a help window telling me what belongs in the parameter list. However, this function is part of my class. Why is MSVC thinking this function is part of another declaration?? They should be, according the rules of C++, two separate distinct functions.

Strange.

Code:

class A
{
  public:
      A() {};
      ~A() {};
      void SomeFunc();
};

class B
{
  public:
      B() {};
      ~B() {};
      void SomeFunc();
};

The SomeFunc() function has the same name but it is not the same function - it is relative to the class is it not?? SomeFunc() can have the same name in as many classes as it wants - they are in different objects.

No it seems that the MSVC IDE will give you the prototype for all existing Windows API functions no matter if you are coding the function with the same name as the API inside of a class. For some reason the IDE does not differentiate between the API function and the one you are creating. I've not encountered this with any other classes or functions. Try it. Create a class and then make a function called CreateWindow. The CreateWindow from the API will show up in the help window even though you are redefining it relative to your class. This seems odd because there is no danger of namespace clashes since you are declaring the function inside of a class. I'm not sure why MSVC does this.