DIP69 - Implement scope for escape proof references

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/4/2014 7:04 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> "Scope affects:
>
>      local variables allocated on the stack"
>
> ...
>
> "scope int i;       // scope is ignored because integers are not references and
> so are not views"
>
> I think I understand what you are trying to say -- the (big S) Scope of a local
> variable cannot escape, but it serves no purpose to declare a local int as
> (keyword) scope, since it's not going to be assigned any references.
>
> But it reads contradictory.

If you think that is contradictory, you should have read the earlier drafts :-)

Basically, I had to get straight in my head the difference between the scope of 
the variable and the scope of its payload.

The keyword 'scope' only affects the payload.