Assignment 5 - Naming convention for procedures

[Johnny Yip]

Hi,

From the spec
"it is legal to name a variable the same as the procedure
which contains its declaration (i.e., a variable main within the main
procedure is valid)"

But what about following situation?

int A() begin ... end;
...
#main procedure
begin
int A;
A <- A(); # Can I have duplicate ID like this?
end;

I figure that there won't be naming conflicts in terms of using them in
expressions (procedures calls must contain "()" anyway so they will differ
from variable), but not sure if it is OK in terms of the SL spec.

Thanks
Johnny

[Troy Mark Gonsalves]

Looks ok to me...it'll take extra effort to catch this...and it's really
not a problem. So, sure, allow a proc A() and a variable A.

Troy

Post by Johnny Yip
Hi,
From the spec
"it is legal to name a variable the same as the procedure
which contains its declaration (i.e., a variable main within the main
procedure is valid)"
But what about following situation?
int A() begin ... end;
...
#main procedure
begin
int A;
A <- A(); # Can I have duplicate ID like this?
end;
I figure that there won't be naming conflicts in terms of using them in
expressions (procedures calls must contain "()" anyway so they will differ
from variable), but not sure if it is OK in terms of the SL spec.
Thanks
Johnny

[Jaewook Chung]

Yes, it is acceptable according to SL language specification.

Post by Johnny Yip
Hi,
From the spec
"it is legal to name a variable the same as the procedure
which contains its declaration (i.e., a variable main within the main
procedure is valid)"
But what about following situation?
int A() begin ... end;
...
#main procedure
begin
int A;
A <- A(); # Can I have duplicate ID like this?
end;
I figure that there won't be naming conflicts in terms of using them in
expressions (procedures calls must contain "()" anyway so they will differ
from variable), but not sure if it is OK in terms of the SL spec.
Thanks
Johnny