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[jonny]

This is probably intentional, but it's not documented; the "global" command (if it is indeed a command), as well as static and local, apparently does not support variable interpolation (i.e. "global %var%"). Can either the command or the documentation be fixed, please? Thanks.

Edit: They cannot be executed conditionally either. They seem like mini-directives, almost.

[Chris]

Thanks; I will fix the documentation. The words global, local, and static are declarations. Like some other languages, they are processed immediately at the time the script is launched rather than later while it's running.

Here is the update: