Re: Nested variable declarations using the same name

siliconmunky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> int a = 0;
> 
> if( some_bool )
> {
>      int a = 5;
>      ...
> }
> 
> cout << a;  //this outputs 0
> 
> 
> I can't think of a reason why this would be sup****ted, and I feel the
> compiler should throw a warning. So, is there a good useful reason to
> allow this?

Yes, in particular reusing the same name for loop variables. Of course,
that
is only for reuse in the same function, for globals it makes even more
sense because your code shouldn't change its meaning when someone adds a
global with a similar name.

Uli

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