Difference between local scope and function scope

Question

Once I assumed that these two have the same meaning but after reading more about it i\'m still not clear about the difference. Doesn\'t the local scope sometimes refer to sc

Answer 1

Local scope is the area between an { and it's closing }. Function scope is the area between the opening { of a function and its closing }, which may contain more "local" scopes. A label is visible in the entirety of the function within which it is defined, e.g.

int f( int a ) 
{
    int b = 8;
    if ( a > 14 )
    {
       int c = 50;
       label:
       return c - a - b;
    }
    if ( a > 7 ) goto label;
    return -99;
}

int c is not visible outside its enclosing block. label is visible outside its enclosing block, but only to function scope.