Re: same-name vars from different scopes

[Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>]

>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

>> There's no syntax for printing a local variable which is hidden by a
>> more inner definition.

Joel> In that case, I think you have to switch frames (there might be
Joel> a known bug with Ada on that subject).

Actually, I meant nested lexical scopes:

void f () {
  int x = something;
  {
     int x = something_else;
  }
}

If you in the inner scope, you can't refer directly to the outer 'x'.
You can see it with "info locals", but you can't use it in an expression.

Tom