diff --git a/lib/ldpc/dec.c b/lib/ldpc/dec.c
index 86e97ae72..d87f962f4 100755
--- a/lib/ldpc/dec.c
+++ b/lib/ldpc/dec.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 decoding_method dec_method;	/* Decoding method to use */
 
-int table;	/* Trace option, 2 for a table of decoding details */
+int ldpc_table;	/* Trace option, 2 for a table of decoding details */
 int block_no;	/* Number of current block, from zero */
 
 int max_iter;	/* Maximum number of iteratons of decoding to do */
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void enum_decode_setup(void)
     exit(1);  
   }
 
-  if (table==2)
+  if (ldpc_table==2)
   { printf("  block   decoding  likelihood\n");
   }
 }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ unsigned enum_decode
 
     /* Output data to trace file. */
 
-    if (table==2)
+    if (ldpc_table==2)
     { printf("%7d %10x  %10.4e\n",block_no,d,lk);
     }
   }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ unsigned enum_decode
 
 void prprp_decode_setup (void)
 {
-  if (table==2)
+  if (ldpc_table==2)
   { printf(
      "  block  iter  changed  perrs    loglik   Eperrs   Eloglik  entropy\n");
   }
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ unsigned prprp_decode
   { 
     c = check(H,dblk,pchk);
 
-    if (table==2)
+    if (ldpc_table==2)
     { printf("%7d %5d %8.1f %6d %+9.2f %8.1f %+9.2f  %7.1f\n",
        block_no, n, changed(lratio,dblk,N), c, loglikelihood(lratio,dblk,N), 
        expected_parity_errors(H,bprb), expected_loglikelihood(lratio,bprb,N),
diff --git a/lib/ldpc/dec.h b/lib/ldpc/dec.h
index 6623937c5..d2dc32a33 100755
--- a/lib/ldpc/dec.h
+++ b/lib/ldpc/dec.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ typedef enum
 
 extern decoding_method dec_method; /* Decoding method to use */
 
-extern int table;	/* Trace option, 2 for a table of decoding details */
+extern int ldpc_table;	/* Trace option, 2 for a table of decoding details */
 extern int block_no;	/* Number of current block, from zero */
 
 extern int max_iter;	/* Maximum number of iteratons of decoding to do */
diff --git a/lib/ldpc/decode.c b/lib/ldpc/decode.c
index a82e5c9cc..ec04f2e44 100755
--- a/lib/ldpc/decode.c
+++ b/lib/ldpc/decode.c
@@ -64,18 +64,18 @@ int main
 
   /* Look at initial flag arguments. */
 
-  table = 0;
+  ldpc_table = 0;
   blockio_flush = 0;
 
   while (argc>1)
   {
     if (strcmp(argv[1],"-t")==0)
-    { if (table!=0) usage();
-      table = 1;
+    { if (ldpc_table!=0) usage();
+      ldpc_table = 1;
     }
     else if (strcmp(argv[1],"-T")==0)
-    { if (table!=0) usage();
-      table = 2;
+    { if (ldpc_table!=0) usage();
+      ldpc_table = 2;
     }
     else if (strcmp(argv[1],"-f")==0)
     { if (blockio_flush!=0) usage();
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int main
   { fprintf(stderr,"Can't read more than one stream from standard input\n");
     exit(1);
   }
-  if ((table>0) 
+  if ((ldpc_table>0) 
     + (strcmp(dfile,"-")==0) 
     + (pfile!=0 && strcmp(pfile,"-")==0) > 1)
   { fprintf(stderr,"Can't send more than one stream to standard output\n");
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ int main
 
   /* Print header for summary table. */
 
-  if (table==1)
+  if (ldpc_table==1)
   { printf("  block iterations valid  changed\n");
   }
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int main
 
     /* Print summary table entry. */
 
-    if (table==1)
+    if (ldpc_table==1)
     { printf ("%7d %10f    %d  %8.1f\n",
         block_no, (double)iters, valid, (double)chngd);
         /* iters is printed as a double to avoid problems if it's >= 2^31 */