Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:12:56 +0300
On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 at 22:11, Henry Skoglund via Std-Proposals
<std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On 2026-08-11 21:05, Simon Schröder wrote:
> > This reminds me (in case you are continuing with the proposal): You should discuss if once a variable has been poisoned, if the same name can be reused for a different variable.
> Hi, once poisoned I think it should not be allowed to be reused. I.e.
> issue a compiler error like:
> double raw;
> forget raw;
> int raw; // <--- error: raw is forgotten and cannot be resurrected
Exactly. Make name lookup still find the name, but make it an error to
find a poisoned name.
<std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On 2026-08-11 21:05, Simon Schröder wrote:
> > This reminds me (in case you are continuing with the proposal): You should discuss if once a variable has been poisoned, if the same name can be reused for a different variable.
> Hi, once poisoned I think it should not be allowed to be reused. I.e.
> issue a compiler error like:
> double raw;
> forget raw;
> int raw; // <--- error: raw is forgotten and cannot be resurrected
Exactly. Make name lookup still find the name, but make it an error to
find a poisoned name.
Received on 2026-08-11 19:13:17