Thijs Koerselman

if you delete the variable test at one point and resave the textfile, you

can still reference "test" and it will still return 10. Is it intended like

this? I find it really confusing sometimes, because if you make a mistake

like this, you won't notice until you restart max.

if you delete the variable test at one point and resave the textfile, you
can still reference "test" and it will still return 10. Is it intended like
this? I find it really confusing sometimes, because if you make a mistake
like this, you won't notice until you restart max.

sticky-variables

On Aug 24, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Thijs Koerselman wrote:

> if you delete the variable test at one point and resave the 

> textfile, you can still reference "test" and it will still return 

> 10. Is it intended like this? I find it really confusing sometimes, 

> because if you make a mistake like this, you won't notice until you 

Only function properties are explicitly deleted on re-compile of a 

javascript file. If you close your patch and re-open all properties 

are created in a fresh script. This is intended behavior.

> consider the following code:
>
> autowatch = 1;
> var test = 10;
>
> function printtest()
> {
>     post(test);
> }
>
> if you delete the variable test at one point and resave the  
> textfile, you can still reference "test" and it will still return  
> 10. Is it intended like this? I find it really confusing sometimes,  
> because if you make a mistake like this, you won't notice until you  
> restart max.

Only function properties are explicitly deleted on re-compile of a  
javascript file. If you close your patch and re-open all properties  
are created in a fresh script. This is intended behavior.

> Only function properties are explicitly deleted on re-compile of a

> javascript file. If you close your patch and re-open all properties

> are created in a fresh script. This is intended behavior.

ok thanks. I think I'll just make it a habit to declare variables as

On 8/25/06, Joshua Kit Clayton  wrote:
>
>
>
> Only function properties are explicitly deleted on re-compile of a
> javascript file. If you close your patch and re-open all properties
> are created in a fresh script. This is intended behavior.

ok thanks. I think I'll just make it a habit to declare variables as
function properties then.

sticky variables