Why is the compiler saying a field is never used when it is?
c#, visual-studio-2003
Solution
When `csc`(the C# compiler) says a field is never used, what it actually means is that you never read from the field. If you only write to a private member field the compiler deduces that the field is redundant. So, I'm gonna assume that in line 3390 of `frmPlatypus.cs` you are assigning to scanned, not reading from it, and that's why the compiler complains.
Also - line 3390? Really?
Problem
Pursuing perfection so as to catch beaudaciousness (paraphrasing Vince Lombardi), I tried to rid a project of its sole warning, which was: c:\project\nrps\PoisonFoot\releases\6-4-0\hhs\frmPlatypus.cs(103,16): warning CS0169: The private field 'PDQClient.frmPlatypus.scanned' is never used So I commented out that line: ``` private bool scanned = false; ``` ...but then I got: C:\Project\nrps\PoisonFoot\Releases\6-4-0\HHS\frmPlatypus.cs(3390): The name 'scanned' does not exist in the class or namespace 'PDQClient.frmPlatypus' ...in two places (in the same class where it's supposedly unnecessarily defined) How was I able to hoodwink the compiler without even trying? How can I get rid of the warning without receiving an err?