[c++] How to fix C++ error: expected unqualified-id

For anyone with this situation: I saw this error when I accidentally used my_first_scope::my_second_scope::true in place of simply true, like this:

bool my_var = my_first_scope::my_second_scope::true;

instead of:

bool my_var = true;

This is because I had a macro which caused MY_MACRO(true) to expand into my_first_scope::my_second_scope::true, by mistake, and I was actually calling bool my_var = MY_MACRO(true);.

Here's a quick demo of this type of scoping error:

Program (you can run it online here: https://onlinegdb.com/BkhFBoqUw):

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>

namespace my_first_scope 
{
namespace my_second_scope
{
} // namespace my_second_scope
} // namespace my_first_scope

int main()
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
    
    bool my_var = my_first_scope::my_second_scope::true;
    
    std::cout << my_var << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

Output (build error):

main.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
main.cpp:27:52: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘true’
     bool my_var = my_first_scope::my_second_scope::true;
                                                    ^~~~

Notice the error: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘true’, and where the arrow under the error is pointing. Apparently the "unqualified-id" in my case is the double colon (::) scope operator I have just before true.

When I add in the macro and use it (run this new code here: https://onlinegdb.com/H1eevs58D):

#define MY_MACRO(input) my_first_scope::my_second_scope::input

...

bool my_var = MY_MACRO(true);

I get this new error instead:

main.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
main.cpp:29:28: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘true’
     bool my_var = MY_MACRO(true);
                            ^
main.cpp:16:58: note: in definition of macro ‘MY_MACRO’
 #define MY_MACRO(input) my_first_scope::my_second_scope::input
                                                          ^~~~~