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<div><font size="2">There's probably an easy explanation for this. I was wondering about why functions inside of rule files can't access globals?</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">For example, I have a log4j logger that I pass into my rule files via a global. The logger should never be a part of working memory. It's just there to capture valuable feedback.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">But I can't do this:</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">global Logger log;</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">function void foo(String cond)</font></div>
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<div><font size="2"> if (cond == "error")</font></div>
<div><font size="2"> log.error("I saw an error");</font></div>
<div><font size="2">}</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Because the compiler says that in the function it can't resolve 'log'.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">-A</font></div>
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