title: Scope with Brackets in C++
body: <p>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 me, "If you need to do that in your code, then your code is badly written."</p>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>//***CODE****
  {
    int foo=stuff;
    //use foo, and then I'm done using it forever
  }
  //****MORE CODE****
  </code></pre>