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Add back mention of local scoping with let blocks #14566

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion doc/manual/variables-and-scoping.rst
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Expand Up @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The constructs introducing such blocks are:

Notably missing from this list are
:ref:`begin blocks <man-compound-expressions>` and :ref:`if blocks <man-conditional-evaluation>`, which do
*not* introduce new scope blocks.
*not* introduce new scope blocks. Since the ``begin`` construct does not introduce a new block, it can be useful to use the zero-argument ``let`` to introduce a new scope block without creating any new bindings.

Certain constructs introduce new variables into the current innermost
scope. When a variable is introduced into a scope, it is also inherited
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