So, a macro variable referenced inside a macro definition is global if a global macro variable already exists by the same name (assuming the variable is not explicitly defined as local with the %LOCAL ...

Typically, each thread gets a copy of the local variable and it is initialized once for each particular thread when it executes the particular function.<BR><BR>If you want to have shared memory ...

At least, that's the case if you're talking about local static variables. In C, static variables appear within local procedures, just like other local variables, but they have lifetimes that span the ...

When the function is finished and control is returned back to the part of the program that called it, the local variables no longer exist. Contrast with global variable. Advertisement.

Note: Macro parameters are always local to the macro that defines them. You cannot make macro parameters global. (Although, you can assign the value of the parameter to a global variable; see ...