id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
508	Static variables	cbruce	Nutster	"AutoIt is a wonderful product folks - thank you so much...

It would be nice to see Static variables added to AutoIt.  A Static variables is defined as a variable whose scope is local to a function, but that maintains its value between invocations of the function that the Static variable resides in.

Currently, I have to use Global variables to achieve this effect.  This creates a greater opportunity for introducing bugs in a program. [Man, does it ever - I just bit myself again - 3 hours of debugging - the impetus for submitting this feature request].  With Static variables, there is less dependence on the programmer's memory.

I love, and need, Global variables; but the addition of Static variables would make me a more productive programmer in AutoIt.

Respectfully,
Bruce Huber"	Feature Request	closed	3.3.1.4	AutoIt		Blocking	Completed	static variable scope