It's not the same. For instance, you could not use a `const` variable. Also having "phantom" scope blocks get very nasty to read once you have more involved lo

It's not the same. For instance, you could not use a `const` variable. Also having "phantom" scope blocks get very nasty to read once you have more involved logic, as the block itself has no implied meaning and the programmer has to walk a few lines into it to get what's going on.