Hi All. Relative C++ newbie here with a strange question, well, at least strange to me. I''m trying to determine what would happen if I had a member function definition who''s arguments had the same names as a member variable in the same class. How would the function know which one you are wanting to use or can it even tell? Here is an example. Note: I am NOT trying to use the arguments of the member function to change the member variable, they just happen to have the same name. class CSomeClass { int x; int y; void fn(int x, int y); }; // Here I am passing arguments with the same names as member // variables CSomeClass::fn(int x, int y) { x += 10; y += 10; } void main() { CSomeClass *someObject; someObject = new CSomeClass; int x_pos, y_pos; x_pos = 10; y_pos = 10; someObject->x = 5; someObject->y = 5; someObject->fn(x_pos, y_pos); } If the member variables get used, then x and y = 15. If the arguments get used then x and y = 20. Am I totally off here? Which x and y get used, the class members or the passed arguments? Or will the compiler just get confused like me? Thanks for any help. Phillip

With a few printfs and a few minutes, you''ll be able to figure it out for yourself.

The Gent

The parameter will override the member variables. If you need to get at your x member variable you can use this->x.

I hope I don''t have to tell you that this is a really really bad thing to do if you have any choice at all. It will cause lots of confusion.

-Mike

Thanks guys. I had a feeling what I was doing could lead to bad things. My initial solution was to just rename the function arguments which made more sense anyway.

Phillip