I guess I'm a little confused. I made a similar request/comment in another thread ( Should UDF collections be allowed) which is where I thought this "." in variables started.

I think that if a function within a class or package executes that we should be able to have persistent variables of the Class or package which could be referenced as $Class.var1 or $Package.Var1.

I haven't had much time lately to read all the post in depth (paycheck type work). Is this not what is being discussed?
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