Merge pull request #5685 from Rageking8/structure-error-references-in-range-c3531-c3620

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Structure error references in range [C3531, C3620]
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3531.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3531.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3531"
 title: "Compiler Error C3531"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3531"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3531"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3531"]
-ms.assetid: 2bdb9fdc-9ddf-403e-8b92-02763d434487
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3531
 
-'symbol': a symbol whose type contains 'auto' must have an initializer
+> 'symbol': a symbol whose type contains 'auto' must have an initializer
+
+## Remarks
 
 The specified variable does not have an initializer expression.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3532.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3532.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3532"
 title: "Compiler Error C3532"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3532"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3532"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3532"]
-ms.assetid: 51067853-eda8-4f59-86e8-8924e16d3a95
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3532
 
-'type': incorrect usage of 'auto'
+> 'type': incorrect usage of 'auto'
+
+## Remarks
 
 The indicated type cannot be declared with the **`auto`** keyword. For example, you cannot use the **`auto`** keyword to declare an array or a method return type.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3533.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3533.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3533"
 title: "Compiler Error C3533"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3533"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3533"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3533"]
-ms.assetid: a68b1ba5-466e-4190-a1a4-505ccfe548b7
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3533
 
-'type': a parameter cannot have a type that contains 'auto'
+> 'type': a parameter cannot have a type that contains 'auto'
+
+## Remarks
 
 A method or template parameter cannot be declared with the **`auto`** keyword if the default [/Zc:auto](../../build/reference/zc-auto-deduce-variable-type.md) compiler option is in effect.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3535.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3535.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3535"
 title: "Compiler Error C3535"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3535"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3535"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3535"]
-ms.assetid: 24449c98-f681-484d-a00b-32533dca3a88
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3535
 
-cannot deduce type for 'type1' from 'type2'
+> cannot deduce type for 'type1' from 'type2'
+
+## Remarks
 
 The type of the variable declared by the **`auto`** keyword cannot be deduced from the type of the initialization expression. For example, this error occurs if the initialization expression evaluates to **`void`**, which is not a type.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3536.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3536.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ helpviewer_keywords: ["C3536"]
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3536
 
-'symbol': cannot be used before it is initialized
+> 'symbol': cannot be used before it is initialized
+
+## Remarks
 
 The indicated symbol cannot be used before it is initialized. In practice, this means that a variable cannot be used to initialize itself.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3537.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3537.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3537"
 title: "Compiler Error C3537"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3537"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3537"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3537"]
-ms.assetid: f537ebd1-4fb0-4e09-a453-4f38db2c6881
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3537
 
-'type': you cannot cast to a type that contains 'auto'
+> 'type': you cannot cast to a type that contains 'auto'
+
+## Remarks
 
 You cannot cast a variable to the indicated type because the type contains the **`auto`** keyword and the default [/Zc:auto](../../build/reference/zc-auto-deduce-variable-type.md) compiler option is in effect.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3538.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3538.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3538"
 title: "Compiler Error C3538"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3538"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3538"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3538"]
-ms.assetid: ef3698a5-7356-4c62-b9af-5d3a4baed958
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3538
 
-in a declarator-list 'auto' must always deduce to the same type
+> in a declarator-list 'auto' must always deduce to the same type
+
+## Remarks
 
 All the declared variables in a declaration list do not resolve to the same type.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3539.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3539.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3539"
 title: "Compiler Error C3539"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3539"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3539"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3539"]
-ms.assetid: 34a33a0f-d1b6-498f-b312-ffad2d4799b3
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3539
 
-'type': a template-argument cannot be a type that contains 'auto'
+> 'type': a template-argument cannot be a type that contains 'auto'
+
+## Remarks
 
 The indicated template argument type cannot contain a usage of the **`auto`** keyword.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3540.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3540.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3540"
 title: "Compiler Error C3540"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3540"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3540"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3540"]
-ms.assetid: 3c0c959c-e3b7-40eb-b922-ccac44bd9d85
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3540
 
-'type': sizeof cannot be applied to a type that contains 'auto'
+> 'type': sizeof cannot be applied to a type that contains 'auto'
+
+## Remarks
 
 The [sizeof](../../cpp/sizeof-operator.md) operator cannot be applied to the indicated type because it contains the **`auto`** specifier.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3541.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3541.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3541"
 title: "Compiler Error C3541"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3541"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3541"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3541"]
-ms.assetid: 252cfd4c-5fd2-415e-a17d-6b0c254350db
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3541
 
-'type': typeid cannot be applied to a type that contains 'auto'
+> 'type': typeid cannot be applied to a type that contains 'auto'
+
+## Remarks
 
 The [typeid](../../extensions/typeid-cpp-component-extensions.md) operator cannot be applied to the indicated type because it contains the **`auto`** specifier.
 
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3550.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3550.md
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3550"
 title: "Compiler Error C3550"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3550"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3550"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3550"]
-ms.assetid: 9f2d5ffc-e429-41a1-89e3-7acc4fd47e14
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3550
 
-only plain 'decltype(auto)' is allowed in this context
+> only plain 'decltype(auto)' is allowed in this context
+
+## Remarks
 
 If [`decltype(auto)`](../../cpp/decltype-cpp.md#decltype-and-auto) is used as a placeholder for the return type of a function, it must be used by itself. It cannot be used as part of a pointer declaration (`decltype(auto)*`), a reference declaration (`decltype(auto)&`), or any other such qualification.
 
 ## Example
 
-The following sample generates C3550:
+The following example generates C3550:
 
 ```cpp
 // C3550.cpp
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3551.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3551.md
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3551"
 title: "Compiler Error C3551"
-ms.date: "10/07/2023"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3551"
+ms.date: 10/07/2023
 f1_keywords: ["C3551"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3551"]
-ms.assetid: c8ee23da-6568-40db-93a6-3ddb7ac47712
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3551
 
-if a trailing return type is used then the leading return type shall be the single type-specifier 'auto' (not 'type')
+> if a trailing return type is used then the leading return type shall be the single type-specifier 'auto' (not 'type')
+
+## Remarks
 
 The leading return type in [trailing return type](../../cpp/functions-cpp.md#trailing-return-types) syntax must contain only `auto`.
 
+## Example
+
+The following example generates C3551:
+
 ```cpp
 // C3551.cpp
 // compile with: /c
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3552.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3552.md
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3552"
 title: "Compiler Error C3552"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3552"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3552"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3552"]
-ms.assetid: 83401524-1bf1-44c0-8aca-a6eb35c4224c
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3552
 
-'typename': a late specified return type cannot contain 'auto'
+> 'typename': a late specified return type cannot contain 'auto'
+
+## Remarks
+
+If you use the **`auto`** keyword as a placeholder for the return type of a function, you must provide a late-specified return type. However, you cannot use another **`auto`** keyword to specify the late-specified return type.
+
+## Example
 
-If you use the **`auto`** keyword as a placeholder for the return type of a function, you must provide a late-specified return type. However, you cannot use another **`auto`** keyword to specify the late-specified return type. For example, the following code fragment yields error C3552.
+For example, the following code fragment yields error C3552.
 
 `auto myFunction->auto; // C3552`
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3553.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3553.md
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3553"
 title: "Compiler Error C3553"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3553"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3553"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3553"]
-ms.assetid: 7f84bf37-6419-4ad3-ab30-64266100b930
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3553
 
 > decltype expects an expression not a type
 
-The `decltype()` keyword requires an expression as an argument, not the name of a type. For example, the last statement in the following code fragment yields error C3553.
+## Remarks
+
+The `decltype()` keyword requires an expression as an argument, not the name of a type.
+
+## Example
+
+For example, the last statement in the following code fragment yields error C3553.
 
 ```cpp
 int x = 0;
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3554.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3554.md
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ helpviewer_keywords: ["C3554"]
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3554
 
-'decltype' cannot be combined with any other type-specifier
+> 'decltype' cannot be combined with any other type-specifier
 
-You cannot qualify the `decltype()` keyword with any type specifier. For example, the following code fragment yields error C3554.
+## Remarks
+
+You cannot qualify the `decltype()` keyword with any type specifier.
+
+## Example
+
+For example, the following code fragment yields error C3554.
 
 ```cpp
 int x;
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3555.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3555.md
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3555"
 title: "Compiler Error C3555"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3555"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3555"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3555"]
-ms.assetid: b4311bd3-851b-479a-9965-d03f39dd8fd4
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3555
 
 > incorrect argument to 'decltype'
 
+## Remarks
+
 The argument to the `decltype(`*expression*`)` type specifier is not a valid expression.
 
 > [!NOTE]
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3556.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3556.md
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3556"
 title: "Compiler Error C3556"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3556"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3556"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3556"]
-ms.assetid: 9b002dcc-494e-414f-9587-20c2a0a39333
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3556
 
 > '*expression*': incorrect argument to 'decltype'
 
+## Remarks
+
 The compiler cannot deduce the type of the expression that is the argument to the `decltype(`*expression*`)` type specifier.
 
 ## Example
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3603.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3603.md
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 ---
-description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3603"
 title: "Compiler Error C3603"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C3603"
+ms.date: 11/04/2016
 f1_keywords: ["C3603"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C3603"]
-ms.assetid: d0cdc7d3-f25a-4242-9ee8-51fe044a9959
 ---
 # Compiler Error C3603
 
-'Symbol' : type 'Type' not yet supported
+> 'Symbol' : type 'Type' not yet supported
+
+## Remarks
 
 You attempted to use a data type that is not yet supported by the .NET runtime in a managed object.
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3609.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3609.md
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3610.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3610.md
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3611.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3611.md
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3612.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3612.md
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3615.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3615.md
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3618.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3618.md
diff --git a/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3619.md b/docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c3619.md
