Subroutine Parameters Documentation Recommendation

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I've been playing around with new Subroutines and I'm loving them.

I think the documentation for Subroutines could be improved to explicitly convey how the parameter variables are scoped.

I discovered that the parameters defined in the Subroutine Trigger are globally scoped. I was little surprised by this, but then I realized that the parameters follow the same naming and scoping rules as normal variables.

I was able to prefix my parameters with "local__" to properly encapsulate them within the scope of the subroutine. And, when execute the subroutine, the "local__" prefixes are not displayed in the configuration UI. Very nice.

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@peternlewis – Please Note.

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Yes, there is nothing special about the parameter variables, so they are scoped in the same way as they normally are.

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Thank you. Understood. My developer brain saw "subroutine" and assumed (you know what happens when you assume!?) that the parameters had local scope.

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