> class CFred
> {
> public:
>  // Data
>  static enum Authentication {NotPerformed, Successful };
>  static enum Authorization {NotPerformed, Successful,
> InvalidElectronicSerialNo, UnassignedDirectoryNo};
> ...

> and the compiler reports the following error:

> Compiling...
> xx.cpp
> ...: error C2371: 'NotPerformed' : redefinition; different basic types
>         xxx.h(767) : see declaration of 'NotPerformed'
> xxx.h(768) : error C2371: 'Successful' : redefinition; different basic
types
>         xxx.h(767) : see declaration of 'Successful'
> ==============================
> Since the enum cases 'NotPerformed' and 'Successful' are in different
enums
> why does the compiler flag an error?

> > class CFred
> > {
> > public:
> >  // Data
> >  static enum Authentication {NotPerformed, Successful };
> >  static enum Authorization {NotPerformed, Successful,
> > InvalidElectronicSerialNo, UnassignedDirectoryNo};
> > ...

> > and the compiler reports the following error:

> > Compiling...
> > xx.cpp
> > ...: error C2371: 'NotPerformed' : redefinition; different basic types
> >         xxx.h(767) : see declaration of 'NotPerformed'
> > xxx.h(768) : error C2371: 'Successful' : redefinition; different basic
> types
> >         xxx.h(767) : see declaration of 'Successful'
> > ==============================
> > Since the enum cases 'NotPerformed' and 'Successful' are in different
> enums
> > why does the compiler flag an error?

> Enums are no namespaces. So all enum values in all enums (in the same
> namespace) must be different to each other and different from all other
> names in the same namespace. Otherwise you would have to write
> Authentication::NotPerformed etc. and most of us wouldn't like that.

> Regards
>     Heinz