Posible duplicado:
confundido con el alcance en c #

Parece que en C # una variable definida con el alcance local a si / else / loop block está en conflicto con la variable definida fuera de ese bloque - vea el código cortado. Un código equivalente compila bien bajo C / C ++ y Java. ¿Es este comportamiento esperado en C #?

public void f(){
  if (true) {
    /* local if scope */
    int a = 1;
    System.Console.WriteLine(a);
  } else {
    /* does not conflict with local from the same if/else */
    int a = 2;
    System.Console.WriteLine(a);
  }

  if (true) {
    /* does not conflict with local from the different if */
    int a = 3;
    System.Console.WriteLine(a);
  }

  /* doing this:
   * int a = 5;
   * results in: Error 1 A local variable named 'a' cannot be declared in this scope
   *  because it would give a different meaning to 'a', which is already used in a 
   *  'child' scope to denote something else
   * Which suggests (IMHO incorrectly) that variable 'a' is visible in this scope
   */

  /* doing this: 
   * System.Console.WriteLine(a);
   * results in: Error 1 The name 'a' does not exist in the current context..
   * Which correctly indicates that variable 'a' is not visible in this scope
   */
}