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description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C2998"
title: "Compiler Error C2998"
ms.date: "11/04/2016"
description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C2998"
ms.date: 06/29/2025
f1_keywords: ["C2998"]
helpviewer_keywords: ["C2998"]
ms.assetid: 8193d491-b5d9-4477-acb1-cf166889c070
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# Compiler Error C2998

'identifier' : cannot be a template definition
> '*identifier*': cannot be a template definition

The compiler could not process the syntax used in the template definition.
## Remarks

The following sample generates C2998:

```cpp
// C2998.cpp
// compile with: /c
template <class T> int x = 1018; // C2998
```
The compiler could not process the syntax used in the template definition.
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| [Compiler error C2995](compiler-error-c2995.md) | '*declaration*': function template has already been defined |
| [Compiler error C2996](compiler-error-c2996.md) | '*function*': recursive function template definition |
| Compiler error C2997 | '*function*': array bound cannot be deduced from a default member initializer |
| [Compiler error C2998](compiler-error-c2998.md) | '*declarator*': cannot be a template definition |
| [Compiler error C2998](compiler-error-c2998.md) | '*identifier*': cannot be a template definition |

## See also

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