<p>
The <i>scope</i> of a declared identifier is the extent of source text in which
the identifier denotes the specified constant, type, variable, function, label, or package.
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<p>
Go is lexically scoped using <a href="#Blocks">blocks</a>:
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<ol>
	<li>The scope of a <a href="#Predeclared_identifiers">predeclared identifier</a> is the universe block.</li>