why scope(success)?

[Stewart Gordon]

James Dunne wrote:
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> Then the implementation according to D's language specs is incorrect. 
> Nothing is mentioned about new scopes created by if-statements or 
> while-statements.  New scopes are only created from block { } statements 
> when inside a function body.  Scope is mentioned (in passing) for the 
> for-statement; the initializer is noted as a special case.  Did I miss a 
> blanket statement somewhere else in the docs about this?

I think you're meant to use a bit of common sense here.  What sense does 
it make for a declaration to be conditional at runtime?

To be honest, I think a naked declaration as the body of a runtime 
control statement should be illegal.

Stewart.

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