Migration from native C++ to C++/CLI: new keywords conflict with old names

Question

I am trying to add some CLI functions to an existing C++ library. In one of the includes a class defines

includedHeader.h:

class IncludedClass
{
    SomeType generic;
    SomeType specific;
}

This code compiles in C++, but the generic member name is now recognized as a keyword. Is there some way to disable the new sintax from parts of the code?

Edit: the compiler error are

error C2059: syntax error : 'generic'
error C2238: unexpected token(s) preceding ';' 

both referring to the line with "generic".

Answer 1

If you are linking the compiled library, you can do something like this:

#define generic     __identifier(generic)

#include <includedHeader.h>

#undef generic