'CompanyName.Foo' is a 'namespace' but is used like a 'type'

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I\'m resurrecting this question because I just ran into this error again today, and I\'m still utterly confused why the

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This also happens if you generate unit tests when you have a namespace and a class with the same name. Which you should never do as explained by Eric Lippert here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2010/03/09/do-not-name-a-class-the-same-as-its-namespace-part-one.aspx