dummies in @done

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Brian K. White (Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:01:48 -0400):

> Something I forgot to ask a long time ago...
> Sanity check, is it just me or do ,g variables (short or long) get
> cleared out in @done?

It's just you.  :-)

> I have processing-only export processes that set variables with ,g in
> @once, and the variable remains set after @once in the main body.
> Great. very useful. I rely on that all the time.
> But the same variable is empty in @done. Not great.
>
> I'm coining a new acronym. YAFI (yet another filepro inconsistency)

And I'll bring back WFM ("works for me").

[...]

  xx(10,*,g) ; declare foo(10,*,g)
  mesgbox "Record" < @rn { "\nxx = '" & xx & "'  foo = '" & foo & "'"
  end
@once
  xx = "ThisIsXX" ; foo = "ThisIsFoo"
  mesgbox "@once\nxx = '" & xx & "'  foo = '" & foo & "'"
  end
@done
  mesgbox "@done\nxx = '" & xx & "'  foo = '" & foo & "'"
  end

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