Why am I getting this 'enum' is not a class or a namespace error?

Question

I need call a method with this signature in my Manager class:

void createPlayer(Player& player, PlayerType& playerType);

I have a P

Answer 1

enum doesn´t create a namespace.

Therefor PlayerType t = PlayerType::FORWARD; should be changed to:

PlayerType t = FORWARD;

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Notice that c++11 introduce enum classes, which have a namespace. Beside this MSVC has an extension which treats (regular) enums like they have namespace. So your code should actually work with MSVC.