Wshadow

Determines whether a warning is issued when a variable declaration hides a previous declaration.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, Intel® 64, IA-64 architectures

Syntax

Linux and Mac OS X:

-Wshadow

-Wno-shadow

Windows:

None

Arguments

None

Default

-Wno-shadow

No warning is issued when a variable declaration hides a previous declaration.

Description

This option determines whether a warning is issued when a variable declaration hides a previous declaration. Same as -ww1599.

Alternate Options

None