Am Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:58:26 +0200 schrieb "Roman D. Boiko" <r...@d-coding.com>:
> I doubt specifying symbol it would be any better than location. > For example, you would not be able to rename a local variable or > any other symbol nested in a function. Yes you can! Try to compile this: void x() { int i = 1; void y() { int i = 2; { int i = 3; } } } Prints: Error: shadowing declaration x.y.i is deprecated Local variables have unique names and creating duplicate names is deprecated since a while. -- Marco