Member Naming Restrictions

A function with the same name as the class in which it is declared is a constructor. A constructor is implicitly called when an object of this class type is created. (For more information about constructors, see “Constructors” in Chapter 11, on topic .)

The following items cannot have the same name as the classes in whose scope they are declared: data members (both static and nonstatic), enclosed enumerators, members of anonymous unions, and nested class types.