they'll never remove it, because not shadowing variables really encourages you to break up your code into well-organized files. IMO, it's only painful if you

they'll never remove it, because not shadowing variables really encourages you to break up your code into well-organized files. IMO, it's only painful if you 1) have bad coding habits. (playing with zig broke me of some of these) or 2) you need to autogenerate code. 2 is a much harder nut to crack.