Re: Question about variable scope conflict

David Mathog wrote:

santosh wrote:

Use the -Wshadow switch for gcc.

I never would have thought to call it that.

Any idea where the term "shadow variable" in this context originated?

It pretty common to informally say that an object in a particular
scope "shadows" an identically named object in an outer scope. So I
guess the name for that gcc diagnostics switch was taken from this.

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