Anonymous Namespace Ambiguity

Question

Consider the following snippet:

void Foo() // 1
{
}

namespace
{
  void Foo() // 2
  {
  }
}

int main()
{
  Foo(); // Ambiguous.
  ::Foo(); // Calls the Foo         


        

Answer 1

The only solution I can think of that doesn't modify the existing namespace arrangement is to delegate main to a function in the anonymous namespace. (main itself is required to be a global function (§3.6.1/1), so it cannot be in an anonymous namespace.)

void Foo() // 1
{
}

namespace
{
  void Foo() // 2
  {
  }
}

namespace { // re-open same anonymous namespace

    int do_main()
    {
      Foo(); // Calls local, anonymous namespace (Foo #2).
      ::Foo(); // Calls the Foo in the global namespace (Foo #1).

      return 0; // return not optional
    }

}

int main() {
    return do_main();
}