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nested block
subject			fact

nested block	has definition A block that is nested inside another block
	is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions
	is a kind of block
	should be indented carefully
block	contains several statements surrounded by braces
	has example { a =5; b = computeSomething; }
	has layout example style preferred by Sun: if(condition) { // statements }
	has layout example style preferred by the authors: if(condition) { // statements }
	has purpose to create a new scope and/or to create a compound statement
	is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

Kinds of nested block :

• finally block (5 facts)
• initialization block (2 kinds, 8 facts)
• try block (5 facts)