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# __identifier (C++/CLI)
Enables the use of Visual C++ keywords as identifiers.  
  
## All Platforms  
**Syntax**  
  
```  
__identifier(  
Visual_C++_keyword  
)  
  
```  
  
**Remarks**  
  
Use of the `__identifier` keyword for identifiers that are not keywords is permitted, but strongly discouraged as a matter of style.  
  
## Windows Runtime  
  
### Requirements  
 Compiler option: **/ZW**  
  
### Examples  
 **Example**  
  
 In the following example, a class named `template` is created in C# and distributed as a DLL. In the Visual C++ program that uses the `template` class, the `__identifier` keyword conceals the fact that `template` is a standard C++ keyword.  
  
```  
// identifier_template.cs  
// compile with: /target:library  
public class template {  
   public void Run() { }  
}  
```  
  
```  
// keyword__identifier.cpp  
// compile with: /ZW  
#using <identifier_template.dll>  
int main() {  
   __identifier(template)^ pTemplate = ref new __identifier(template)();  
   pTemplate->Run();  
}  
```  
  
## Common Language Runtime 
 **Remarks**  
  
 The `__identifier` keyword is valid with the **/clr** compiler option.  
  
### Requirements  
 Compiler option: **/clr**  
  
### Examples  
 **Example**  
  
 In the following example, a class named `template` is created in C# and distributed as a DLL. In the Visual C++ program that uses the `template` class, the `__identifier` keyword conceals the fact that `template` is a standard C++ keyword.  
  
```  
// identifier_template.cs  
// compile with: /target:library  
public class template {  
   public void Run() { }  
}  
```  
  
```  
// keyword__identifier.cpp  
// compile with: /clr  
#using <identifier_template.dll>  
  
int main() {  
   __identifier(template) ^pTemplate = gcnew __identifier(template)();  
   pTemplate->Run();  
}  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [Component Extensions for Runtime Platforms](../windows/component-extensions-for-runtime-platforms.md)   
 [Component Extensions for Runtime Platforms](../windows/component-extensions-for-runtime-platforms.md)