On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 11:11:04AM +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> I don't know if we've agreed on a goal of getting rid of all shadowing, it's
> a lot of code churn. I agree shadowing is often confusing and error-prone,
> so maybe it's worth it.
(Providing my own context with more information on the matter, Peter
E. mentioning this commit upthread.)
As far as I know, the latest consensus with shadow variables was that
-Wshadow=compatible-local was OK for now, 0fe954c28584 mentioning that
we could consider a tighter -Wshadow=local later on. I don't recall a
clear objection about doing a tighter move, just that it was a lot of
work for unclear gains especially when it comes to the extra
backpatching noise.
--
Michael
