Local variable hides global variable¶
ID: cpp/local-variable-hides-global-variable
Kind: problem
Security severity:
Severity: recommendation
Precision: very-high
Tags:
- maintainability
- readability
Query suites:
- cpp-security-and-quality.qls
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This rule finds declarations of local variables or parameters that hide a global variable. Such declarations create variables with the same name but different scopes. This makes it difficult to know which variable is actually used in an expression.
Recommendation¶
Consider changing the name of either variable to keep them distinct.
Example¶
int i = 10;
void f() {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { //the loop counter hides the global variable i
...
}
{
int i = 12; //this variable hides the global variable i
...
}
}
References¶
B. Stroustrup. The C++ Programming Language Special Edition p 82. Addison Wesley. 2000.