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G'day All

I've kind of fallen in love with the STATIC keyword.

I've used it in a few scripts now and it works really well (now that I understand how it works!)

At first glance I thought what will this ever be used for but after playing with it I think it helps enormously with encapsulating UDF variables.

However, I'm a little worried about using it because of the warning

Warning: This feature is experimental. It may not work, may contain bugs or may be changed or removed without notice.

DO NOT REPORT BUGS OR REQUEST NEW FEATURES FOR THIS FEATURE.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

BUT.... it has been aroudn since "18th December, 2009 - v3.3.2.0" and hasn't been removed...YET...

So is a fixture now, are there plans to remove it

OR

If it isn't a fixture and only "experimental" how long will experiment last for?

If it's sticking around I'll start using it.......if it's going I'll go back to global vraiables. ;)

Thanks for the answer(s) :)

John Morrison

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I see a similarity to the other experimental feature, plugins. The plugin-API has been unchanged since 2007 and never left experimental stage.

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guinness Universalist

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I personally use ByRef Or Global in situations where I need to retain a Local variable outside of the Function. I think it's experimental due to the fact it could become messy with debugging the code. Just my 2cents :)

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storme Universalist

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I see a similarity to the other experimental feature, plugins. The plugin-API has been unchanged since 2007 and never left experimental stage.

But that is the problem. Being around for that long you can "ASS-U-ME" that it's a fixture untill one of the devs decide the experiment is over and he removes it. ;)

Though plugin looks like it will be aroudn for ever. :)

Thanks for the advice.

Some of my small contributions to AutoIt Browse for Folder Dialog - Automation SysTreeView32 | FileHippo Download and/or retrieve program information | Get installedpath from uninstall key in registry | RoboCopy function John Morrison aka Storm-E

storme Universalist

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I personally use ByRef Or Global in situations where I need to retain a Local variable outside of the Function. I think it's experimental due to the fact it could become messy with debugging the code. Just my 2cents :)

Yes but ByRef and Globals can get messy if the UDF gets complex.

Maybe it's it's just me OO traning kicking in that makes me shy away from global variables.

Oh and the possibility of using the same global name in multiple UDFs.

STATIC means I can hide the variables I want to keep/reuse for that function inside that function.

Thanks for the feedback!

Some of my small contributions to AutoIt Browse for Folder Dialog - Automation SysTreeView32 | FileHippo Download and/or retrieve program information | Get installedpath from uninstall key in registry | RoboCopy function John Morrison aka Storm-E

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MvGulik Universalist

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DO NOT REPORT BUGS OR REQUEST NEW FEATURES FOR THIS FEATURE.

Mmm. So tracker it out. ... bummer.

... Forum not that user friendly when it comes down to tracking down known/potential "Static" issues. ...

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GEOSoft Universalist

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You should find it in Dev chat.

As I recall the issues were mainly around using Static with arrays and as a matter of fact I was just asking this very question in a PM a couple of days ago.

I do know that the Developer that was working on this hasn't been around in a while and it appears that nobody has picked up where he left off as of yet.

EDIT: I also seem to recall a discussion where someone stated to the effect that if Static become problematic it would simply be removed.

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