How to get the namespace alias operator :: to work under C#?

Question

I\'ve come up against the unlikely scenario when I reference two external assemblies that both have the same namespace and type names. When I try to use the type, the compil

Answer 1

When you reference some assembly in project it has default alias "global". When you add another alias for that assembly, e.g. "global, AssemblyA", you will reference it like this:

using SomeTypeAlias = AssemblyA::Company.Product.SomeType;

or:

void SomeMethod(AssemblyA::Company.Product.SomeType someType) { ... }