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by camel-cdr 1611 days ago
> I don't se why they chose function over scoped so please enlighten me

I don't like it either, but it allows for a simpler syntax, consider e.g. "f = fopen(...); if (f) { defer fclose(); }". You'd need special syntax for the defer to escape the block. Although this example is a bit forced, because usually you'd return from the function on error anyways.