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depth Full Member Offline Posts: 114	static / class vars Apr 25th, 2005, 3:44am   is it possible to use class vars in tabs? Code: class ClassOne { private static int staticInt = 0; public ClassOne () {} } yields: Quote: Semantic Error: This static variable declaration is invalid, because it is not final, but is enclosed in an inner class, "ClassOne", located at... searched forums but no luck...?

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: static / class vars Reply #1 - Apr 25th, 2005, 3:57am   code from tabs is embedded into the main sketch file, so ClassOne will be an "inner class" which can't have static variables. you should be able to move the "private static int" variables outside ClassOne and it should run there fine, with the same effect. i.e.: Code: int staticInt = 0; class ClassOne { public ClassOne() { }

K. Damkjer Junior Member Offline Posts: 72 FL

Re: static / class vars Reply #2 - Apr 25th, 2005, 3:59am   This has to do with the way that Processing uses the class structure. Any time you declare a class in Processing it really becomes an inner class that is encapsulated within the base class (where void setup() and void draw() are). It may be possible to work around this in Java mode, but I haven't tried it. http://processing.org/reference/environment/index.html#Programming_modes