Reach

Meaning

The reach of a range is the range with the exclusion of all the ranges contained within it.

begin
      { A }
      begin
            { X }
      end
      { B }
      begin
            { Y }
      end
      { C }
end

In the example above, A, B and C are in the reach of the range introduced by the top-level serial clause, while X and Y are in the reach of their respective containing serial clauses.

Note that X and Y are in the range established by the top-level serial clause, but not in its reach.

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