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[Python-Dev] Visibility scope for "for/while/if" statements

Andrew Koenig ark at acm.org
Fri Sep 23 15:45:45 CEST 2005 
> Interestingly enough, not all C++ compilers (Microsoft) hid variables
> created in for loops
> (http://www.devx.com/cplus/10MinuteSolution/28908/0/page/2).

That's because the C++ spec changed during standardization, when the
standards committee realized the original idea was a mistake.

One of the convincing cases:

	if (x)
		for (int i = 0; i != 10; ++i) { }

Is I in scope after the if statement?  If so, what value does it have if x
is false?  If not, then apparently the subject of an "if" statement is a
scope...so why can't I write this?

	if (x)
		int i = 42;

and have i go out of scope?
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