[chuck-users] question about public class

hi, why doesnt work the following code (bus error on osx): public class wx5 { static Envelope breath; } wx5.breath => blackhole; i want to use the public class for global control variables. the following does the same as the fragment above - but i have to create a dummy object: public class wx5 { static Envelope breath => blackhole; } wx5 dummy; micha