CA1500: Variable names should not match field names

An instance method declares a parameter or a local variable whose name matches an instance field of the declaring type. To catch local variables that violate the rule, the tested assembly must be built by using debugging information and the associated program database (.pdb) file must be available.

When the name of an instance field matches a parameter or a local variable name, the instance field is accessed by using the this (Me in Visual Basic) keyword when inside the method body. When maintaining code, it is easy to forget this difference and assume that the parameter/local variable refers to the instance field, which leads to errors. This is true especially for lengthy method bodies.

To fix a violation of this rule, rename either the parameter/variable or the field.

Do not suppress a warning from this rule.

The following example shows two violations of the rule.

using System;

namespace MaintainabilityLibrary
{
   class MatchingNames
   {
      int someField;

      void SomeMethodOne(int someField) {}

      void SomeMethodTwo()
      {
         int someField;
      }
   }
}