One other thing worth mentioning. The static namespace used in RULE_INIT is intended to be, as the name implies, static and unchanging. The static namespace was created to provide a CMP-compatible global variables, meaning that variables created in this namespace are visible across TMM instances. If you write to a static variable somewhere else (sort of odd that you should even be able to, but I digress), it effectively "de-CMPs" the variable - a bad thing.
Alternatively consider that tables are global by default, so you could use any other event to "prime" the table if it didn't exist and use it anywhere and for any connection.
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