diff --git a/Lib/csharp/std_array.i b/Lib/csharp/std_array.i
index 61bb510de..e7d392b85 100644
--- a/Lib/csharp/std_array.i
+++ b/Lib/csharp/std_array.i
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     bool empty() const;
 
     %rename(Fill) fill;
-    void fill(const value_type& val);
+    void fill(const value_type& value);
 
     %rename(Swap) swap;
     void swap(array& other);
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@
         else
           throw std::out_of_range("index");
       }
-      void setitem(int index, const_reference val) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+      void setitem(int index, const_reference value) throw (std::out_of_range) {
         if (index>=0 && index<(int)$self->size())
-          (*$self)[index] = val;
+          (*$self)[index] = value;
         else
           throw std::out_of_range("index");
       }
diff --git a/Lib/csharp/std_map.i b/Lib/csharp/std_map.i
index 90a865079..59b0a84f0 100644
--- a/Lib/csharp/std_map.i
+++ b/Lib/csharp/std_map.i
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@
         return iter != $self->end();
       }
 
-      void Add(const key_type& key, const mapped_type& val) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+      void Add(const key_type& key, const mapped_type& value) throw (std::out_of_range) {
         std::map< K, T, C >::iterator iter = $self->find(key);
         if (iter != $self->end())
           throw std::out_of_range("key already exists");
-        $self->insert(std::pair< K, T >(key, val));
+        $self->insert(std::pair< K, T >(key, value));
       }
 
       bool Remove(const key_type& key) {
diff --git a/Lib/csharp/std_vector.i b/Lib/csharp/std_vector.i
index b0485eba6..52a865e67 100644
--- a/Lib/csharp/std_vector.i
+++ b/Lib/csharp/std_vector.i
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@
         else
           throw std::out_of_range("index");
       }
-      void setitem(int index, CTYPE const& val) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+      void setitem(int index, CTYPE const& value) throw (std::out_of_range) {
         if (index>=0 && index<(int)$self->size())
-          (*$self)[index] = val;
+          (*$self)[index] = value;
         else
           throw std::out_of_range("index");
       }
diff --git a/Lib/d/std_vector.i b/Lib/d/std_vector.i
index 56f7188c7..c67057180 100644
--- a/Lib/d/std_vector.i
+++ b/Lib/d/std_vector.i
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ public void capacity(size_t value) {
     // generation issue when using const pointers as vector elements (like
     // std::vector< const int* >).
     %extend {
-      void setElement(size_type index, CTYPE const& val) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+      void setElement(size_type index, CTYPE const& value) throw (std::out_of_range) {
         if ((index < 0) || ($self->size() <= index)) {
           throw std::out_of_range("Tried to set value of element with invalid index.");
         }
-        (*$self)[index] = val;
+        (*$self)[index] = value;
       }
     }
 
@@ -517,11 +517,11 @@ int opApply(int delegate(ref size_t index, ref $typemap(dtype, CTYPE) value) dg)
     // generation issue when using const pointers as vector elements (like
     // std::vector< const int* >).
     %extend {
-      void setElement(size_type index, CTYPE const& val) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+      void setElement(size_type index, CTYPE const& value) throw (std::out_of_range) {
         if ((index < 0) || ($self->size() <= index)) {
           throw std::out_of_range("Tried to set value of element with invalid index.");
         }
-        (*$self)[index] = val;
+        (*$self)[index] = value;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/Lib/java/std_array.i b/Lib/java/std_array.i
index cbacfe673..f75857e21 100644
--- a/Lib/java/std_array.i
+++ b/Lib/java/std_array.i
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ namespace std {
         else
           throw std::out_of_range("array index out of range");
       }
-      void set(int i, const value_type& val) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+      void set(int i, const value_type& value) throw (std::out_of_range) {
         int size = int(self->size());
         if (i>=0 && i<size)
-          (*self)[i] = val;
+          (*self)[i] = value;
         else
           throw std::out_of_range("array index out of range");
       }
diff --git a/Lib/java/std_vector.i b/Lib/java/std_vector.i
index 9e0b2455d..3a76ec891 100644
--- a/Lib/java/std_vector.i
+++ b/Lib/java/std_vector.i
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ int size_as_int(std::size_t sz) {
                     throw std::out_of_range("vector index out of range");
             }
 
-            value_type doSet(int i, const value_type& val) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+            value_type doSet(int i, const value_type& value) throw (std::out_of_range) {
                 const int size = size_as_int(self->size());
                 if (i>=0 && i<size) {
                     CTYPE const old_value = (*self)[i];
-                    (*self)[i] = val;
+                    (*self)[i] = value;
                     return old_value;
                 }
                 else