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Add support for explicit, nested scopes #1538

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bbannier opened this issue Sep 22, 2023 · 0 comments
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Add support for explicit, nested scopes #1538

bbannier opened this issue Sep 22, 2023 · 0 comments
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bbannier commented Sep 22, 2023

It currently seems impossible to introduce nested scopes.

module foo;

function f() {
    {
        local x = 1;
    }
}
$ spicyc -dj foo.spicy
[error] foo.spicy:4:5: syntax error, unexpected '{'
[error] spicyc: parse error

We should consider introducing support for this as it can e.g., help avoid name pollution by limiting variable scope.

The current workaround is to use e.g., an if with a block.

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