The static analysis tool Slither is displaying a high impact issue for variable shadowing in it's code analysis. The finding is in the Openzeppelin Contracts Upgradeable package itself. More details for the issue below:
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Type: State variables shadowing (shadowing-state)
Impact: High
Confidence: High
Finding:
❌ OwnableUpgradeable.__gap (@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable/access/OwnableUpgradeable.sol:74) shadows:
• ContextUpgradeable.__gap (@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable/utils/ContextUpgradeable.sol#31)
Recommendation: Remove the state variable shadowing.
Reference: https://github.com/crytic/slither/wiki/Detector-Documentation#state-variable-shadowing
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Can this issue cause serious problems with state variables during upgrades as it deals with the gap variable? And is there any existing resolution available to fix this issue?