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scope
ACTION: start a scope
USE: create a block where variables and functions may be locally defined
EXAMPLE: 
:


 
  sys i=4

  scope
    sys i=8
    'print "inner scope i=" i
  end scope


  '-----------------
  'EQUIVALENT SYNTAX
  '=================

  scope
  {
    sys i=8
   ' print "inner scope i=" i
  }


  (
    sys i=8
    'print "inner scope i=" i
  )



  print "outer scope i=" i 'i=4
REMARKS: when the scope ends any definitions created within the scope will be forgotten.
RELATED: blocks block namespace



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