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[Icarus]

I am not 100% sure this is a bug, but it may be.

When making a function that then calls a label that attempts to build a GUI with variables for controls, I get an error that variables must be global, even though they are (since they are inside a label and not a function).

Here is a reproduction code:

[Lexikos]

Although the subroutine is not defined inside a function, when it is called, a function is executing, so the variable is created as a local. If you refer to the variable outside of any functions at least once (which you'd no doubt need to do at some point), the variable is created as global at load-time, and the Gui command succeeds.

I think it would be more appropriate for the subroutine to execute in the global context, rather than the context of the function. This adds some complexity, since AutoHotkey must take note of where the subroutine was defined when executing it.

[Icarus]

So TestVar was working just because it was called once outside of a function.... thats confusing.

I did not know that labels inherit the scope of their caller. I was under the assumption that labels are global all the time.
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[Lexikos]