Same named variables into different structs

Question

Is it possible to declare variables with the same name into different structs? For example:

struct first
{
    int a;
    int b;
    int the_same;
};

struct second
{
    int x;
    int y;
    int the_same
};

Answer 1

Yes, they work well as they belong to different code scopes. You can access them by first.the_same and second.the_same.

[...] Scope is an important component of name resolution, which is in turn fundamental to language semantics. Name resolution (including scope) varies between programming languages, and within a programming language, varies by type of entity. Together with namespaces, scoping rules are crucial in modular programming, so a change in one part of the program does not break an unrelated part. [...]

Answer 2

Yes you can use the variable with same name in different structure.

struct first
{
    int a;
    int b;
    int the_same;
};

Hear a,b and the_same are element of structure first. and in structure

struct second
{
    int x;
    int y;
    int the_same
};

x,y and the_same are element of structure second.

compiler will refer this variable with there structure name not individually..

Answer 3

It's possible to do so. You may have thought that It's like Enums which if you have same values in 2 different enums you'll get a compile time error but that would be possible if enums namespace differ. for example:

namespace a {
   enum a { a, b, c }

}

namespace b {
   enum a {a, b, c}
}