Scope with Brackets in C++

Question

Is there any case in which putting code within brackets to reduce its scope is something that I might want to do, or is this one of those cases in which you guys will tell m

Answer 1

I have found another use case in my own code: unit testing destructors. Example using UnitTest++ (but the same principle applies regardless of unit testing framework):

TEST(SomeTest)
{
   {
   SomeClass someObject;
   } // someObject is destroyed
   CHECK(isSomeClassDestructorWorking())
   // e.g. have all resources been freed up?
}