# Group {} feature request

**URL:** <https://mworks.discourse.group/t/group-feature-request/251>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/group-feature-request/251 "2019-05-13T19:49:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/group-feature-request/251/1 "2019-05-13T19:49:59Z")

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Hi Chris,

Low-prio feature request:

Can you make the folder/group object take parameters that will be applied to each of the variables in the folder?

i.e. instead of  
group g {  
var1 = 1 (persistant=true)  
var2 = 2 (persistant=true)  
}  
this  
group g (persistant\_default = true) {  
var1 = 1  
var2 = 2  
}

Not sure if this is really the best solution, but might be worth it to save code redundancy?

Mark

[https://mworks.github.io/documentation/latest/components/folder.html](https://mworks.github.io/documentation/latest/components/folder.html)

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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/group-feature-request/251/2 "2019-05-13T19:54:51Z")

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Hi Mark,

I’m not crazy about this idea. I think [statement macros](https://mworks.github.io/documentation/latest/mwel/index.html#statement) are a better approach:

```
%define pvar ()
    var (persistant = YES)
%end

pvar var1 = 1
pvar var2 = 2

```

Chris

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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/group-feature-request/251/3 "2019-05-13T21:30:24Z")

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That’s a good idea. Thanks,  
Mark

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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/group-feature-request/251/4 "2022-07-19T20:50:10Z")

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