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==Name masking==

'''Masking''' occurs when the same identifier is used forfo different entities in overlapping lexical scopes. At the level of variables (rather than names), this is known as [[variable shadowing]]. An identifier I' (for variable X') masks an identifier I (for variable X) when two conditions are met

# I' has the same name as I

# I' is defined in a scope which is a subset of the scope of I