Keyword for nameless scope

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Is there a use case for a Module/EndModule without a DeclareModule/EndDeclareModule?

Good question I think you could wrap any code in a module for encapsulation and the module will execute itself wherever it's included, even though nothing could be called from outside.

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DeclareModule msg
EndDeclareModule
Module msg
  m.s = "hello"
  MessageRequester("msg", m)
EndModule

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I was going to propose this as a feature request but I think a new keyword block would make the most sense:

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Scope
EndScope

This would give us something akin to Modules but with no ability to reference anything declared within. The advantages would be:

• Variable names can be re-declared as different types later.
• Nameless scopes can be created and used anywhere and in places that modules cannot (such as in procedures).

And most importantly:

• Scopes would inherit their parent scope (which modules do not).