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variable shadowing

a variable in an inner scope hiding an identically named variable in an outer scope
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variable shadowing

Summary

variable shadowing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • variable shadowing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04q7666[2].
  • variable shadowing's facet of is recorded as name binding[3].
  • variable shadowing's facet of is recorded as name resolution in programming languages[4].
  • variable shadowing's has characteristic is recorded as assignable variable[5].
  • variable shadowing's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778515386[6].

Why It Matters

variable shadowing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month).[1] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_variable-shadowing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{variable shadowing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/variable-shadowing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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