Yep, as Tom says. We couldn't have our language throw an error on float temp; for obvious reasons. Scoping is one of the wonderful parts about such languages. PRC ----- Original Message ----- Send chuck-users mailing list submissions to chuck-users@lists.cs.princeton.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to chuck-users-request@lists.cs.princeton.edu You can reach the person managing the list at chuck-users-owner@lists.cs.princeton.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of chuck-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Scope bug? (Tom Lieber)