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Scope, Lifetime, and More on Functions

KNOWLEDGE GOALS

Image  To know what a global reference is.

Image  To understand and be able to avoid unwanted side effects.

Image  To know when to use a value-returning function.

SKILL GOALS

To be able to:

Image  Determine which variables in a program are local.

  Determine which variables are accessible in a given block.

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