How to fix enum name "conflicts with previous declaration" in Arduino

Oscar de la Hera Gomez
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To resolve the conflict, declare the enums with different names, under different namespaces.

A screenshot of the Arduino IDE that shows how you can't declare two unique enums that use the same variable name.

To be able to use two or more enums that have the same enumeration constant name (i.e. EnumA { Value _1 } and EnumB { Value_1}) within the same file, declare the enums using different names under different namespaces.

To learn how to do this consult option two in the tutorial linked below.

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