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Scope

• The scope of a variable is the range of statements over which it is visible

• The nonlocal variables of a program unit are those that are visible but not declared there

• The scope rules of a language determine how references to names are associated with variables

• Scope and lifetime are sometimes closely related, but are different concepts!!
  • Consider a static variable in a C or C++ function