Top "Scope" questions

Why nested functions can access variables from outer functions, but are not allowed to modify them

In the 2nd case below, Python tries to look for a local variable. When it doesn't find one, why can't …

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Can a js script get a variable written in a EJS context/page within the same file

As I wrote in the title, I'd like to get a value from a variable written into a ejs page/…

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C++ Member Variables

Consider the following class: class A { A(); int number; void setNumber(int number); }; You could implement 'setNumber' in 3 ways: Method 1: …

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Python: load variables in a dict into namespace

I want to use a bunch of local variables defined in a function, outside of the function. So I am …

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Why does a Try/Catch block create new variable scope?

For example: try { SomeObject someObject = new SomeObject(); someObject.dangerousMethod(); } catch(Exception e) { } someObject.anotherMethod(); //can't access someObject! But you can …

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Static (Lexical) Scoping vs Dynamic Scoping (Pseudocode)

Program A() { x, y, z: integer; procedure B() { y: integer; y=0; x=z+1; z=y+2; } procedure C() { z: integer; procedure …

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What do curly braces in Java mean by themselves?

I have some Java code that uses curly braces in two ways // Curly braces attached to an 'if' statement: if(…

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Why use a public method in an internal class?

There is a lot of code in one of our projects that looks like this: internal static class Extensions { public …

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Getting "global name 'foo' is not defined" with Python's timeit

I'm trying to find out how much time it takes to execute a Python statement, so I looked online and …

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How to properly bind scope between directive and controller with angularJS

I'm trying to generate an n-level hierarchical unordered list with anugularJS, and have been able to successfully do so. But …

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