Could we add a lint warning for when the type parameter name overloads an existing type name?

[Archie Cobbs]

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 4:27 PM David Alayachew <davidalayachew at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > Java's decision to make the shadowing of normal variables illegal...
>
> I'm actually confused what you mean here.
>

Sorry, my fault for not being clear - Java only disallows "shadowing" for
variables declared in the same method, e.g., like this:

    public void foo(int x) {
        while (true) {
            float x = 1;     // error: variable x is already defined in
method foo(int)
            x += 7;
        }
    }

But it doesn't prevent variables from overshadowing fields as you point out.

-Archie

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Archie L. Cobbs
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