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### SetOptions locally?

Is there a way to SetOptions locally? For example, I have a Module and inside it I am doing a lot of ...
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### Plotting a defined function gives different results from plotting the function directly

Consider the following piece of code: function[t_]:=Exp[-9 t^2]; LogLogPlot[{function[t],Exp[-9 t^2]},{t,.01,100}] I expect the two plots to exactly overlap each ...
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