Using a class in a namespace with the same name?

Question

I have to use an API provided by a DLL with a header like this

namespace ALongNameToType {
    class ALongNameToType {
        static void Foo();   
    }
}
         


        

Answer 1

I don't know what's ambiguous, but you can avoid all conflicts with other Foo functions like this:

namespace ALongNameToType {
    struct ALongNameToType {
        static void Foo();   
    };
}

typedef ALongNameToType::ALongNameToType Shortname;

int main() {
    Shortname::Foo();
}