[rules-users] Can I change the value of a global in a rule consequence?

[Shur, Bob]

The manual says "It is strongly discouraged to set or change a global value from inside your rules..." but it doesn't say it won't work.

I tried this:

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global Integer m;

declare DoneInit end

rule "init"
when
then
	insert(new DoneInit());
	System.out.println("m from Java: " + m);
	m = 100;
	System.out.println("m modified in init: " + m);
end

rule "use it"
when
	DoneInit()
then
	System.out.println("use m: " + m);
end
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and got this output:

m from Java: 13
m modified in init: 100
use m: 13

Is this the expected behavior?  I'm in a stateless session in case that matters.