Is the async namespace clashing with std::async?

Question

Hi all,

Just starting with Casablanca. I'm running into this issue whereby the compiler will complain that the symbol "async" is ambiguous. The following sample reproduces the error.

#include <http_client.h>
#include <future>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	return 0;
}

Is this a legitimate issue?

Answer 1

GhostlyGhost,

Thanks for reporting this! If you remove 'using namespace std', your code will compile. Of course, you will need to explicitly qualify symbols from the std namespace, such std::future etc. 

We have renamed the async namespace in the upcoming release, so this problem will not happen any more.

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Artur Laksberg Visual C++ Team Microsoft

Answer 2

This is no longer an issue with the 0.6 release, so I will consider this closed. Thanks again.

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Artur Laksberg Visual C++ Team Microsoft