Globals pose exactly the same problem. 
Nick 
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Richard Goldstein
I admit that I don't fully understand what is wanted or why, but ...
why not just use globals while debugging and then switch back to locals 
when done?
Ashim Kapoor wrote:
> Umm the local macros are created on the way to using / saving  a data
> set, so I can't just define them on my own, hence the need to save
> them. They are cooked along the way.
> 
> As Maarten said I can   use " notes " but I dunno how to recover them
> from notes.
> 
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