Cannot have a name shared by a static and local variable in function

[gm-bug-reporter]

Description

There are cases where you may want to either create a static or create a local variable in a function. If you want to do this in the Beta, they cannot share a name (despite only one ever being initialised, not both). This is changed functionality from the stable build.

Steps To Reproduce

Create a script with a conditional that branches into either creating a static or a local variable. Make sure they have the same name. Try to do anything with that variable and the game will crash, i.e.:

#macro STATIC_FUNCTION true
function Script1(){
if (STATIC_FUNCTION) {
static _result = {
x: 0,
y: 0
}
}
else {
var _result = {
x: 0,
y: 0
}
}
return _result;
}

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[rwkay]

This is not a bug - statics and locals cannot have the same name

[RefresherTowel]

This is not a bug - statics and locals cannot have the same name

Even though only one can exist at any time? In my example, the static is only created if a macro is set to a certain value, otherwise a local variable is created instead of the static, so there's either a static variable or a local, not both together. I would assume that if I'm not creating the static, then the local should be able to use the name?

[rwkay]

statics are hoisted from the declaration so it would be created no matter what - the hoisting happens before the optimizer would remove the if part of the if..else.

All statics are declared at the top of the function and do not participate in code flow.

[RefresherTowel]

Hahaha, ok, I'll let Alynne know because Input is using that behaviour.