Global variables lost in space

[Howard Bornstein]

On 5/17/05, Mark Talluto <userev at canelasoftware.com> wrote:
> During the the online session Script Anatomy 101 and individual named
> Rory asked why his/her stack's global variables were not showing up in
> the MB.  I just got bitten by the same thing and came to realize that
> if you create a new global variable and put a number into it, it will
> not now up.  Now if you put an alpha string into it first, then you can
> put numbers into the global variable and it will show up properly in
> the MB.  If this bites you, thought you might like to know.
> 
> bug: <http://support.runrev.com/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi?id=2721> if
> you are interested.
> 

Hi Mark,

I remember this was discussed in some depth in the thread "Global
Madness" a while ago, which resulted in Dan Shafer filing BZ #2721. If
you search the archive for this thread, it might illuminate the
problem a little more.

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Regards,

Howard Bornstein
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