Shadowing variable

Reports declarations of variables that overlap with the declarations in the outer scope.

As the meaning of the variable depends on the scope in that case, it may create confusion and lead to unintended consequences.

Example:

for i := 0; i < len(nums); i++ {
    for i := 0; i < len(nums); i++ {
    }
  }

The i variable in the embedded loop is shadowed. To get rid of shadowing, consider renaming the variable in the embedded loop.

for i := 0; i < len(nums); i++ {
    for j := 0; j < len(nums); j++ {
    }
  }

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

GoShadowedVar

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Go | Probable bugs

Inspection ID: GoShadowedVar

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection GoShadowedVar

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

GoLand 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	GoLand 2025.2, Qodana for Go 2025.2,
Can be installed with plugin:	Go, 252.26654.0

Last modified: 18 September 2025