What about global and static variables

[Tinysprings]

Hello,

I just started a few days ago to make some scripts and learn Lua.
I wonder about Lua global variables that were supposed to be shared between scripts and the unavailable static variables for subsequent or recursive calls.
The only way I have found is thru the 'storage' function. Am I missing something ?

Thanx
Tiny

[admin]

Yes, storage is one of possible approaches for global/static variables. In more advanced cases you can use an external Redis key-value database. This way several LMs can share data between them.

Only resident script variables are static by default. Simplified resident script logic:

Code:

while SCRIPT_ACTIVE do
  RUN_RESIDENT_FUNCTION()
  sleep(SCRIPT_SLEEP_TIME)
end

[Tinysprings]

Thank you, that's clear.
I only tried with event fired scripts.

Tiny