# Does Julia Need a C++ style \`static\` keyword?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-need-a-c-style-static-keyword/29176>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [September 25, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-need-a-c-style-static-keyword/29176 "2019-09-25T20:24:33Z")\
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The idiomatic answer to this is `let`, I believe:

```julia
let z = 0
    global function incrementZ()
        z += 1
        return z
    end
end

println(incrementZ())
println(incrementZ())

```

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