Stick to non-namespace EspSoftwareSerial class name for the moment.

Author: dok-net

libraries/ESP8266WiFi/examples/WiFiTelnetToSerial/WiFiTelnetToSerial.ino

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
 #if SWAP_PINS
 #include <SoftwareSerial.h>
-EspSoftwareSerial::UART* logger = nullptr;
+SoftwareSerial* logger = nullptr;
 #else
 #define logger (&Serial1)
 #endif
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void setup() {
   Serial.swap();
   // Hardware serial is now on RX:GPIO13 TX:GPIO15
   // use EspSoftwareSerial on regular RX(3)/TX(1) for logging
-  logger = new EspSoftwareSerial::UART(3, 1);
+  logger = new SoftwareSerial(3, 1);
   logger->begin(BAUD_LOGGER);
   logger->enableIntTx(false);
   logger->println("\n\nUsing EspSoftwareSerial for logging");

libraries/SoftwareSerial

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void setup() {
 
   // using HardwareSerial0 pins,
   // so we can still log to the regular usbserial chips
-  EspSoftwareSerial::UART* ss = new EspSoftwareSerial::UART(3, 1);
+  SoftwareSerial* ss = new SoftwareSerial(3, 1);
   ss->begin(SSBAUD);
   ss->enableIntTx(false);
   logger = ss;

libraries/esp8266/examples/SerialStress/SerialStress.ino

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define RX 13  // d1mini D7
 #define TX 15  // d1mini D8
 
-EspSoftwareSerial::UART ppplink(RX, TX);
+SoftwareSerial ppplink(RX, TX);
 HardwareSerial& logger = Serial;
 PPPServer ppp(&ppplink);