Hotkey subroutine is executed without pressing a key

[john_c]

Directives are executed unconditionally and hence it makes no sense to place them inside if.

I intentionally violate this rule to show the weird behavior caused by such a violation.

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; Expected: Regardless of Var1 is False, F12 (when pressed) will produce "Foo"
; Actual: You will see "Foo" at the first launch. There is no need to press F12 key to see it.

#SingleInstance Force
Var1 := False
Var2 := True

If (Var1)
    #If Var2
        F12:: MsgBox Foo

[lexikos]

This has nothing to do with the directive. The issue is that the script's first hotkey literally behaves as though return was placed above the label (and any labels stacked above it), and you are preventing this implicit return from executing, by making it conditional upon Var1, which is false.

Note: While the script's first hotkey/hotstring label has the same effect as return, other hotkeys and labels do not.

(Emphasis added.)

I do not intend to fix this, but it does not affect v2 anyway, since hotkeys work differently.