<?xml version="1.0"?> <clause number="14.5.4.1" title="Identical simple names and type names"> <paragraph>In a member access of the form E.I, if E is a single identifier, and if the meaning of E as a <non_terminal where="14.5.2">simple-name</non_terminal> (<hyperlink>14.5.2</hyperlink>) is a constant, field, property, local variable, or parameter with the same type as the meaning of E as a <non_terminal where="10.8">type-name</non_terminal> (<hyperlink>10.8</hyperlink>), then both possible meanings of E are permitted. The two possible meanings of E.I are never ambiguous, since I must necessarily be a member of the type E in both cases. In other words, the rule simply permits access to the static members of E where a compile-time error would otherwise have occurred. </paragraph> <paragraph> <example>[Example: For example: <code_example><![CDATA[ struct Color { public static readonly Color White = new Color(...); public static readonly Color Black = new Color(...); public Color Complement() {...} } class A { public Color Color; // Field Color of type Color void F() { Color = Color.Black; // References Color.Black static member Color = Color.Complement(); // Invokes Complement() on Color field } static void G() { Color c = Color.White; // References Color.White static member } } ]]></code_example></example> </paragraph> <paragraph> <example>Within the A class, those occurrences of the Color identifier that reference the Color type are underlined, and those that reference the Color field are not underlined. end example]</example> </paragraph> </clause>