Do variables in static methods become static automatically because they are within static scopes in c#?

Question

public static void DoSomething()
{
int a;
string b;

//..do something
}

In the example above, i have declared two variables. Do they become static because the method that contains them is static?

Answer 1

No. Only the method is static but not variables.

From MSDN:

C# does not support static local variables (variables that are declared in method scope).

if you want to have static variable in static member, do the declaration outside the static method,

private static int _var = 0;
public static void SampleMethod()
{
     _var++;
} 

Answer 2

Although available in C, static local variables are not supported in C#.

If you want a local static variable equivalent, you can create an instance variable on the class, or a static variable. Otherwise, consider if the method itself belongs to the static class and whether it should be part of a different type.

Answer 3

From MSDN

C# does not support static local variables (variables that are declared in method scope).

Answer 4

I am positive with your opinion but in the sample code below i'am taking an access violation exception about using protected memory. Because of that maybe it isn't support static local variables but in memory management it can point same address.

public static byte[] RawSerialize(object anything)
        {

                int rawsize = Marshal.SizeOf(anything);
                IntPtr buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(rawsize);
                Marshal.StructureToPtr(anything, buffer, false);
                byte[] rawdata = new byte[rawsize];
                Marshal.Copy(buffer, rawdata, 0, rawsize);
                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer);
                return rawdata ;
        }