Editing Scope (computer science) (section)

=== Related concepts ===
In [[object-oriented programming]], [[dynamic dispatch]] selects an object [[Method (computer programming)|method]] at runtime, though whether the actual name binding is done at compile time or run time depends on the language. De facto dynamic scope is common in [[Macro (computer science)|macro languages]], which do not directly do name resolution, but instead expand in place.

Some programming frameworks like [[AngularJS#Scope|AngularJS]] use the term "scope" to mean something entirely different than how it is used in this article. In those frameworks, the scope is just an object of the programming language that they use ([[JavaScript]] in case of AngularJS) that is used in certain ways by the framework to emulate dynamic scope in a language that uses lexical scope for its variables. Those [[AngularJS#Scope|AngularJS scopes]] can themselves be in context or not in context (using the usual meaning of the term) in any given part of the program, following the usual rules of variable scope of the language like any other object, and using their own [[Inheritance (object-oriented programming)|inheritance]] and [[transclusion]] rules. In the context of AngularJS, sometimes the term "$scope" (with a dollar sign) is used to avoid confusion, but using the dollar sign in variable names is often discouraged by the style guides.<ref name="js-conventions">{{cite web|url=https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/scope|title=Code Conventions for the JavaScript Programming Language|first1=Douglas|last1=Crockford|access-date=2015-01-04}}</ref>