[Gambas-user] Warning: Class name hidden by local declaration: key

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

ah it is a reserved word you mean...ok!

thanks!

On 8/1/23 14:39, BB wrote:
> On 1/8/23 8:54 pm, Demosthenes Koptsis wrote:
>> i wrote a demo code for Action property as follows...
>>
>> i have a Form with a Menu and a Button for "save" Action
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> ' Gambas class file
>>
>> Public Sub Form_Open()
>>  Me.Center
>>  Menu1.Action = "save"
>>  Button1.Action = "save"
>> End
>>
>> Public Sub Action_Activate(key As String) As Boolean
>>  Select Case key
>>  Case "save"
>>  ' call save sub at here
>>   Print "save to a file."
>>  End Select
>> End
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> i get a warning at line 9, Public Sub Action_Activate(key As String) 
>> As Boolean
>>
>> Class name hidden by local declaration: key
>>
>>
>> What does this mean ?
>>
>>
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>
> It means that you have used a, well let's say a, "significant" word as 
> a variable name (in this case a variable described as a parameter name).
>
> What does that mean?
>
> It means that within the scope of your declaration of that variable 
> you cannot expect to use the native Key class to be operative. So 
> Gambas is telling you essentially that "OK, you want to use one of my 
> special names as your own variable name and instead of it referring to 
> my Key class, then fine I'll just use your string variable. Fine, OK 
> then I guess you know what you're doing."
>
> In other words, as long as you don't refer to the native class within 
> the scope of that procedure then everything will work as you expect.
>
> b
>
>
>
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