programming (Or "static scope") In a lexically scoped
identifier's declaration. This means that an identifier is
only accessible within that region (including procedures
declared within it).
Statically scoped languages differ as to whether the scope is
limited to the smallest
block (including
begin/end blocks)
containing the identifier's declaration (e.g.
C,
Perl) or
to whole function and procedure bodies (e.g. ?), or some
(2001-09-07)