static nested scope
     
         where the scope of an identifier is fixed at
        compile-time to be the smallest block begin/end,
        function, or procedure body containing the identifier's
        declaration.  this means that an identifier declared in some
        block is only accessible within that block and from procedures
        declared within it.
     
        this term is used in the python community.
     
        compare lexical scope.
     
        2002-02-18
     
     
see also:
scope identifier compile-time block begin function 
procedure declaration python lexical scope