Global Vars

Is this a bug or a feature? I just want to be sure before i file an issue on the tracker. $Countdown becomes -1. Global $CountDown=5 Global $CountDown=$CountDown-1 MsgBox(0,"",$CountDown) It could make sense that Global would clear $countdown before it assigns it but IMHO this is counterintuitive. Edit:Made the example shorter.

By FuryCell, January 28, 2010
30 replies

There's a very simple solution to all this: Don't use global variables. That's not entirely true because AutoIt more or less forces you to use global variables for a lot of stuff. However, proper hiding the variable behind an API makes them safe.