Thread: Help with this code

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    Help with this code

    { // copy doublebuffer to window
    HDC hdc = GetDC(hMainWnd);
    BitBlt(hdc,0,0,256,32,memDC,0,0,SRCCOPY);
    ReleaseDC(hMainWnd,hdc);
    }

    ok what does this code snippet it do I know what it does within the braket flips the back buffer but um why is it in the brackets by itself

    it goes
    blah
    blah
    blah
    {
    the stuff up there in here
    }
    blah
    blah

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    It's probably in its own block because the coder wanted hdc to be a local variable to that area, the possibility is also there that one of the lines caused problems while in scope with the rest of the function and a block was thrown around the piece of code to isolate it and fix the problem.

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