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Clarify the terminology of the non-local variable #4552

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xmh0511 opened this issue Mar 22, 2021 · 1 comment
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Clarify the terminology of the non-local variable #4552

xmh0511 opened this issue Mar 22, 2021 · 1 comment

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xmh0511 commented Mar 22, 2021 •
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The phrase "non-local variable" is referred to in many sections, especially in [basic.start.dynamic]. However, the whole standard does not introduce a term definition for such a wording. Presumably, local entity is not used to cover the opposite of non-local. Should that define it to the variable which does not belong to a block or function parameter scope?
@xmh0511 xmh0511 changed the title Clarify the terminology of non-local Clarify the terminology of non-local variable Mar 22, 2021
@xmh0511 xmh0511 changed the title Clarify the terminology of non-local variable Clarify the terminology of the non-local variable Mar 22, 2021
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The latest draft uses "block variable" and, correspondingly, "non-block variable". "non-local" doesn't appear in those contexts anymore.

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