Compiler errors C2600 Through C2699
The articles in this section of the documentation explain a subset of the error messages that are generated by the compiler.
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Error messages
| Error | Message |
|---|---|
| Compiler error C2600 | 'function': cannot define a compiler-generated special member function (must be declared in the class first) |
| Compiler error C2601 | 'function': local function definitions are illegal |
| Compiler error C2602 | 'class::identifier' is not a member of a base class of 'class' |
| Compiler error C2603 | 'function': Too many block scope static objects with constructor/destructors in function |
| Compiler error C2604 | 'identifier': Cannot implement more than one interface method |
| Compiler error C2605 | 'identifier': this method is reserved within a managed/WinRT class |
| Compiler error C2606 | 'class1': cannot re-implement 'member', as it is inherited from runtime base 'class2' |
| Compiler error C2607 | static assertion failed |
| Compiler error C2608 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2609 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2610 | 'class::member': is not a special member function which can be defaulted |
| Compiler error C2611 | 'token': illegal following '~' (expected identifier) |
| Compiler error C2612 | trailing 'character' illegal in base/member initializer list |
| Compiler error C2613 | trailing 'character' illegal in base class list |
| Compiler error C2614 | 'class': illegal member initialization: 'identifier' is not a base or member |
| Compiler error C2615 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2616 | 'conversion': cannot implicitly convert a non-lvalue 'type1' to a 'type2' that is not const |
| Compiler error C2617 | 'function': inconsistent return statement |
| Compiler error C2618 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2619 | 'identifier': a static data member is not allowed in an anonymous struct/union |
| Compiler error C2620 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2621 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2622 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2623 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2624 | 'scope::type': local classes cannot be used to declare 'extern' variables |
| Compiler error C2625 | 'identifier': illegal union member; type 'type' is reference type |
| Compiler error C2626 | 'identifier': a private/protected data member is not allowed in an anonymous struct/union |
| Compiler error C2627 | 'function': member function not allowed in anonymous union |
| Compiler error C2628 | 'type1' followed by 'type2' is illegal (did you forget a ';'?) |
| Compiler error C2629 | 'identifier': an anonymous struct/union cannot declare a nested type |
| Compiler error C2630 | 'symbol' found in what should be a comma-separated list |
| Compiler error C2631 | 'identifier': a class or enum cannot be defined in an alias template |
| Compiler error C2632 | 'type1' followed by 'type2' is illegal |
| Compiler error C2633 | 'identifier': 'inline' is the only legal storage class for constructors |
| Compiler error C2634 | 'class::member': pointer to reference member is illegal |
| Compiler error C2635 | cannot convert a 'type1*' to a 'type2*'; conversion from a virtual base class is implied |
| Compiler error C2636 | 'identifier': pointer to reference member is illegal |
| Compiler error C2637 | 'identifier': cannot modify pointers to data members |
| Compiler error C2638 | 'identifier': __based modifier illegal on pointer to member |
| Compiler error C2639 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2640 | 'identifier': __based modifier illegal on reference |
| Compiler error C2641 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2642 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2643 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2644 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2645 | no qualified name for pointer to member (found ':: *') |
| Compiler error C2646 | an anonymous struct/union at global or namespace scope must be declared static |
| Compiler error C2647 | 'operator': cannot dereference a 'type1' on a 'type2' |
| Compiler error C2648 | 'identifier': use of member as default parameter requires static member |
| Compiler error C2649 | 'identifier': is not a 'class/struct/union' |
| Compiler error C2650 | 'operator': cannot be a virtual function |
| Compiler error C2651 | 'type': left of '::' must be a class, struct or union |
| Compiler error C2652 | 'identifier': illegal copy constructor: first parameter must not be a 'type' |
| Compiler error C2653 | 'identifier': is not a class or namespace name |
| Compiler error C2654 | 'identifier': attempt to access member outside a member function |
| Compiler error C2655 | 'identifier': definition or redeclaration illegal in current scope |
| Compiler error C2656 | 'function': function not allowed as a bit field |
| Compiler error C2657 | 'class::*' found at the start of a statement (did you forget to specify a type?) |
| Compiler error C2658 | 'identifier': redefinition in anonymous struct/union |
| Compiler error C2659 | 'operator': function as left operand |
| Compiler error C2660 | 'function': function does not take number arguments |
| Compiler error C2661 | 'function': no overloaded function takes number arguments |
| Compiler error C2662 | 'function': cannot convert 'this' pointer from 'type1' to 'type2' |
| Compiler error C2663 | 'function': number overloads have no legal conversion for 'this' pointer |
| Compiler error C2664 | 'function': cannot convert argument number from 'type1' to 'type2' |
| Compiler error C2665 | 'function': none of the number overloads could convert all the argument types |
| Compiler error C2666 | 'function': number overloads have similar conversions |
| Compiler error C2667 | 'function': none of number overloads have a best conversion |
| Compiler error C2668 | 'function': ambiguous call to overloaded function |
| Compiler error C2669 | member function not allowed in anonymous union |
| Compiler error C2670 | 'function': the function template cannot convert parameter number from type 'type' |
| Compiler error C2671 | 'function': static member functions do not have 'this' pointers |
| Compiler error C2672 | 'function': no matching overloaded function found |
| Compiler error C2673 | 'function': global functions do not have 'this' pointers |
| Compiler error C2674 | a generic declaration is not allowed in this context |
| Compiler error C2675 | unary 'operator': 'type' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator |
| Compiler error C2676 | binary 'operator': 'type' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator |
| Compiler error C2677 | binary 'operator': no global operator found which takes type 'type' (or there is no acceptable conversion) |
| Compiler error C2678 | binary 'operator': no operator found which takes a left-hand operand of type 'type' (or there is no acceptable conversion) |
| Compiler error C2679 | binary 'operator': no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'type' (or there is no acceptable conversion) |
| Compiler error C2680 | 'type': invalid target type for cast |
| Compiler error C2681 | 'type': invalid expression type for cast |
| Compiler error C2682 | cannot use 'cast' to convert from 'type1' to 'type2' |
| Compiler error C2683 | 'cast': 'type' is not a polymorphic type |
| Compiler error C2684 | 'declarator': deleted and defaulted functions are not supported in managed/WinRT classes |
| Compiler error C2685 | 'declarator': deleted and defaulted functions are not supported with explicit restriction specifiers |
| Compiler error C2686 | cannot overload static and non-static member functions with the same parameter types |
| Compiler error C2687 | 'type': exception-declaration cannot be 'void' or denote an incomplete type or pointer or reference to an incomplete type |
| Compiler error C2688 | 'type::member': covariant returns with multiple or virtual inheritance not supported for varargs functions |
| Compiler error C2689 | 'function': a friend function cannot be defined within a local class |
| Compiler error C2690 | 'operator': cannot perform pointer arithmetic on a managed/WinRT array |
| Compiler error C2691 | 'type': a managed/WinRT array cannot have this element type |
| Compiler error C2692 | 'function': fully prototyped functions required in C compiler with the '/clr' option |
| Compiler error C2693 | 'operator': illegal comparison for references to a managed/WinRT array |
| Compiler error C2694 | 'override_function': overriding virtual function has less restrictive exception specification than base class virtual member function 'base_function' |
| Compiler error C2695 | 'override_function': overriding virtual function differs from 'base_function' only by calling convention |
| Compiler error C2696 | Cannot create a temporary object of managed/WinRT type 'type' |
| Compiler error C2697 | Obsolete. |
| Compiler error C2698 | the using-declaration for 'declaration1' cannot co-exist with the existing using-declaration for 'declaration2' |
See also
C/C++ Compiler and build tools errors and warnings
Compiler errors C2000 - C3999, C7000 - C7999
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