static (--)

Inputs

• None.

Outputs

• None.

static is reserved and may appear in MPL source, but it has no documented standalone effect.

This builtin does not request static storage for the next created local.

It neither creates nor clears pending declaration modifiers. In particular, it does not set the pending static specifier used by virtual, and it does not affect pending overload or private specifiers.

This entry exists because the word static names a storage property in MPL documentation and diagnostics even though the builtin itself has no standalone effect.

Behavior

• The builtin has no inputs and no outputs.
• It neither sets nor clears any pending declaration specifier.
• It does not set a pending static specifier for the next NAME: ...; or def.
• Repeated use still has no documented standalone effect.
• The declaration modifier that marks the next created local as static is virtual.

Example

{} 0 {} [
  static static ordinaryLocal: 1;
  virtual staticLocal: 2;

  "-- static does not declare a static local --" printCompilerMessage
  ordinaryLocal printStack _:;

  "-- virtual does declare a static local --" printCompilerMessage
  staticLocal printStack _:;

  0
] "main" exportFunction

Expected Output During Compilation

-- static does not declare a static local --
1 Cref
-- virtual does declare a static local --
2

See also

• code? builtin (schema -- isBlock) Historical Block-schema test.
• codeRef? builtin (schema -- isCode) Code-schema test.
• fieldIsVirtual builtin (schema ordinal -- hasNoStorage) No-storage test for one selected item.
• virtual builtin (--) Historical static-declaration modifier for the next local.
• virtual? builtin (schema -- isMeta) Historical Meta-schema test.