From: DrDiettrich1@netscape.net   
      
   On 1/8/23 8:21 PM, David Brown wrote:   
      
   > In other words, it can combine all the variables declared in nested   
   > scope and act as though they were all defined at the start of the   
   > function.   
      
   AFAIR nested scopes were introduced just to allow for space saving   
   memory overlays. Regardless of whether a compiler really takes that   
   optimization *option*.   
      
   Of course problems can arise from malware assuming memory contents as   
   left over from a previous block, as it's not required that the compiler   
   initializes all local variables on block entry.   
      
   DoDi   
      
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