LOL just came back to this thread to mention that, now that i finally read it in the help (/me wonders how long its been in there for since i never saw it before, likely longer than i amagine!)

I think the thread got of the first page, whcih normally ends it for me, otherwise i would have seen your reply!

Something else i saw thats nice
Code:
alias ex { 
  set %x global | var %x = local
  echo -a $var(%x,1) = $var(%x,1).value ... is it local? $var(%x,1).local
  echo -a $var(%x,2) = $var(%x,2).value ... is it local? $var(%x,2).local
}

/ex
%x = local ... is it local? $true
%x = global ... is it local? $false