for the parameters passed to a C++ constructor when an unnamed temporary object is created and a method called on it
i.e. following test-case reports... $ g++ -c -Wshadow demo.cxx demo.cxx: In function int foo(int): demo.cxx:10: warning: declaration of INetURLObject infoo shadows a parameter demo.cxx:8: warning: shadowed declaration is here $ gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla --enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --enable-plugin --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --disable-libjava-multilib --with-ppl --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.4.0-20090307/cloog-ppl/inst/usr --with-tune=generic --with-arch_32=i586 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.4.0 20090307 (Red Hat 4.4.0-0.23) (GCC) -- Summary: -Wshadow reports shadowed declarations for parameters of unnamed temp objects Product: gcc Version: 4.4.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: caolanm at redhat dot com GCC target triplet: x86_64-redhat-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39526