http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50399
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-09-15 09:26:38 UTC --- C++03 says "During the lookup for a name preceding the :: scope resolution operator, object, function, and enumerator names are ignored." So in -std=c++98 mode G++ is correct to ignore A::C::B and so finds B::F (Clang gets this wrong) In C++11 the enumeration is not ignored (because a nested-name-specifier could refer to a scoped enumeration) so name lookup finds B in the enclosing namespace, i.e. A::C::B