Unless otherwise specified, two declarations cannot (re)introduce the same entity. The program is ill-formed if such declarations exist.
[edit] Corresponding declarationsTwo declarations correspond if they (re)introduce the same name, both declare constructors, or both declare destructors, unless
Two function declarations declare corresponding overloads if both declare functions satisfying all following conditions:
Two function template declarations declare corresponding overloads if both declare function templates satisfying all following conditions:
struct A { friend void c(); // #1 }; struct B { friend void c() {} // corresponds to, and defines, #1 }; typedef int Int; enum E : int { a }; void f(int); // #2 void f(Int) {} // defines #2 void f(E) {} // OK, another overload struct X { static void f(); void f() const; // error: redeclaration void g(); void g() const; // OK void g() &; // error: redeclaration void h(this X&, int); void h(int) &&; // OK, another overload void j(this const X&); void j() const &; // error: redeclaration void k(); void k(this X&); // error: redeclaration };[edit] Multiple declarations of the same entity
Unless otherwise specified, two declarations of entities declare the same entity if all following conditions are satisfied, considering declarations of unnamed types to introduce their typedef names and enumeration names for linkage purposes (if any exists):
A declaration of an entity or typedef name X
is a redeclaration of X
if another declaration of X
is reachable from it; otherwise, it is a first declaration of X
.
If any two declarations of an entity E
violate the corresponding restriction below, the program is ill-formed:
E
to be a variable, the other must also declare E
as a variable of the same type.E
to be a function, the other must also declare E
as a function of the same type.E
to be an enumerator, the other must also declare E
as an enumerator.E
to be a namespace, the other must also declare E
as a namespace.E
to be a class type, the other must also declare E
as a class type.E
to be an enumeration type, the other must also declare E
as an enumeration type.E
to be a class template, the other must also declare E
as a class template with an equivalent template parameter list (see function template overloading).E
to be a function template, the other must also declare E
as a function template with an equivalent template parameter list and type.E
to be an alias template, the other must also declare E
as an alias template with an equivalent template parameter list and type-id.E
to be a (partial specialization of a) variable template, the other must also declare E
as a (partial specialization of a) variable template with an equivalent template parameter list and type.E
to be a concept, the other must also declare E
as a concept.Types are compared after all adjustments of types (during which typedefs are replaced by their definitions). Declarations for an array object can specify array types that differ by the presence or absence of a major array bound. No diagnostic is required if neither declaration is reachable from the other.
void g(); // #1 void g(int); // OK, different entity from #1 (they do not correspond) int g(); // Error: same entity as #1 with different type void h(); // #2 namespace h {} // Error: same entity as #2, but not a function
If a declaration H
that declares a name with internal linkage precedes a declaration D
in another translation unit U
and would declare the same entity as D
if it appeared in U
, the program is ill-formed.
Two declarations potentially conflict if they correspond but declare different entities.
If, in any scope, a name is bound to two declarations A
and B
that potentially conflict, B
is not name-independent(since C++26), and A
precedes B
, the program is ill-formed:
void f() { int x, y; void x(); // Error: different entity for x int y; // Error: redefinition } enum { f }; // Error: different entity for ::f namespace A {} namespace B = A; namespace B = A; // OK, no effect namespace B = B; // OK, no effect namespace A = B; // OK, no effect namespace B {} // Error: different entity for B void g() { int _; _ = 0; // OK int _; // OK since C++26, name-independent declaration _ = 0; // Error: two non-function declarations in the lookup set } void h () { int _; // #1 _ ++; // OK static int _; // Error: conflicts with #1 because // static variables are not name-independent }[edit] Defect reports
The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.
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