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strange error for local with same name as argument #19614

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JeffBezanson opened this issue Dec 15, 2016 · 2 comments
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strange error for local with same name as argument #19614

JeffBezanson opened this issue Dec 15, 2016 · 2 comments
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bug Indicates an unexpected problem or unintended behavior compiler:lowering Syntax lowering (compiler front end, 2nd stage) regression Regression in behavior compared to a previous version

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JeffBezanson commented Dec 15, 2016 •
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julia> function f(x)
        local x
        x = 1
       end
f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> f(1)
ERROR: UndefVarError: x not defined
 in f(::Int64) at ./REPL[1]:2

In versions <=0.4, this gave ERROR: syntax: local "x" conflicts with argument when parsing the method definition.
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tkelman commented Dec 15, 2016

guessing, but possibly related to #17445?

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Duplicate of #15229, fixed.

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