https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=95809
Bug ID: 95809 Summary: GCC treats inline namespace declaration as "ambiguous" Product: gcc Version: 11.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: rejects-valid Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: haoxintu at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- This code, bug.cc, GCC fails to compile it, while clang, icc, or msvc accepts it well. $cat bug.cc namespace g_namespace {} inline namespace { namespace g_namespace {} } namespace g_namespace {} $g++ -c bug.cc bug.cc:5:12: error: ‘namespace g_namespace’ is ambiguous 5 | namespace g_namespace {} | ^~~~~~~~~~~ bug.cc:3:15: note: candidates are: ‘namespace <unnamed>::g_namespace { }’ 3 | namespace g_namespace {} | ^~~~~~~~~~~ bug.cc:1:11: note: ‘namespace g_namespace { }’ 1 | namespace g_namespace {} | ^~~~~~~~~~~ My GCC version is g++ (GCC) 11.0.0 20200605 (experimental) Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. When I remove the keyword "inline", GCC accepts it well. So, I guess GCC might can not detect the inline namespace declaration and separate its inside namespace from outside ones.