#722 – Local Variable Declarations May Not Always Hide Class Members

A local variable declaration in a method may hide a class member in the containing class, if the two names are the same.  In general, a declaration within an inner scope may hide a member within the outer (containing) scope.

A inner declaration might not hide an outer member, however, if one of the names can be invoked (e.g. a method) and one cannot be invoked (e.g. a variable declaration).

In the example below, the local variable Name in the inner scope does not hide the method Name in the outer scope.

    public class Dog
    {
        public string MyName { get; set; }

        public void Name(string name)
        {
            MyName = name;

            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("New name is {0}", MyName));
        }

        public void Bark()
        {
            // Local variable does not hide Dog.Name method
            string Name = "Franklin Roosevelt";

            Console.WriteLine(Name);

            this.Name("Bob");
        }
    }