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Nonsensical error message on variable rename #3159
Description
Describe the bug
Renaming date to now fails with:
Usage of constructor "DateTime.now" declared in "date_time.dart" will be shadowed by renamed local variable.
test() {
final date = DateTime.now();
}
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Try the above
Expected behavior
now is a valid name, and shouldn't fail. It also doesn't shadow anything, as it seems to think.
Versions (please complete the following information):
- VS Code version: 1.53.2
- Dart extension version: 3.19.2
- Dart/Flutter SDK version: >=2.10.0 <3.0.0
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DanTup commentedon Feb 24, 2021
Thanks for the report! I can reproduce this - the message is coming from the language server so I've filed dart-lang/sdk#45105. Thanks!
DanTup commentedon Feb 25, 2021
This has been fixed by dart-lang/sdk@526e191 and will be included in a future Dart/Flutter SDK update. Thanks!