<h2 id="Blocks">Blocks</h2>

<p>
A <i>block</i> is a possibly empty sequence of declarations and statements
within matching brace brackets.
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<pre class="ebnf">
Block = "{" StatementList "}" .
StatementList = { Statement ";" } .
</pre>

<p>
In addition to explicit blocks in the source code, there are implicit blocks:
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