Re: What is lurking in the shadows?

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 11:16 AM David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 12:00, Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > That bug led me to wonder if similar problems might be going
> > undetected elsewhere in the code. There is a gcc compiler option [3]
> > -Wshadow which informs about the similar scenario where one variable
> > is "shadowing" another (e.g. redeclaring a variable with the same name
> > as one at an outer scope).
>
> > For now, I am not sure how to proceed with this information. Hence this post...
>
> I'm inclined to think that since a bug has already been found due to a
> local variable shadowing a global one that it would be good to review
> these and then consider if it's worth doing any renaming. I think the
> process of looking at each warning individually will allow us to
> determine if; a) there are any bugs, or; b) if it's worth doing any
> renaming.
>

Hi David, Michael - Thanks for your replies.

Yeah, I would like to work my way through all of these warnings in my
spare time and report back to this thread (after 1-2 months?) with a
detailed analysis.

After that it should become much clearer what / if any action should
be taken next.

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia