Re: static variables

[David Bateman]

According to address@hidden <address@hidden> (on 09/20/04):
> octave:> computer, VER=version
> i686-pc-cygwin       VER = 2.1.58
> 
> 'static' keyword cannot be found in the list of reserved words, which
> is returned by  '$ help'.  Instead, 'persistent' occurs in this list.

Not surprising as its not listed in  help_list keywords[] in help.cc.

> But obviously 'static' variables may still be used, because I'm still
> able to successfully run those older scripts, which rely on them.

Looking in octave.gperf, you'll see

persistent, STATIC, static_kw
static, STATIC, static_kw

so the parser treats them as identical. The fact that it isn't a keyword
means that you can create a variable "static" 

> Are 'persistent' variables implemented in the same way as
> 'static' variables are ?

See the above..

> Do I have to update those scripts, because 'static'
> may not be supported anymore in upcoming versions ?

This depends on the wishes of John...

D.

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