diff --git a/examples/gg/grid_of_rectangles.v b/examples/gg/grid_of_rectangles.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a7ab15569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gg/grid_of_rectangles.v
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+module main
+
+import gg
+import sokol.sgl
+
+struct App {
+mut:
+	gg &gg.Context = unsafe { nil }
+}
+
+const cmax_x = 115
+const cmax_y = 81
+const cs = 10
+
+const c_fg = gg.rgb(20, 30, 255)
+const c_em = gg.rgb(255, 50, 0)
+
+fn main() {
+	mut app := &App{}
+	app.gg = gg.new_context(
+		bg_color:      gg.white
+		width:         cmax_x * cs
+		height:        cmax_y * cs
+		create_window: true
+		window_title:  'Grid with many rectangles (drawn with no context)'
+		frame_fn:      frame
+		user_data:     app
+	)
+	app.gg.run()
+}
+
+fn frame(app &App) {
+	app.gg.begin()
+	// Note: this uses 2 separate loops, with each doing its own drawing for performance reasons.
+	// The underlying Sokol library can eliminate sgl begin/end calls, when multiple primitives of the
+	// same kind are drawn one after the other, without context changes.
+	// However, filled rectangles are drawn with quads, while empty rectangles are drawn with lines.
+	// In this case, if the draw calls are put in the same loop, using app.gg.draw_rect_filled/5 and app.gg.draw_rect_empty/5,
+	// sokol can not batch the begin/end calls, and their overhead becomes much bigger.
+	//
+	// That is why:
+	// a) we use several loops here.
+	// b) we use a single sgl.begin_quads() before the first loop, and a single sgl.end() after it.
+	// c) we use draw_rect_filled_no_context/5 inside the loop, instead of draw_rect_filled/5 .
+	// e) we use a single sgl.begin_lines() before the second loop, and a single sgl.end() after it.
+	// f) we use draw_rect_empty_no_context/5 inside the second loop, instead of draw_rect_empty/5 .
+	// Note: the separation of the loops/kinds of draws, is several times more important for eliminating
+	// the performance overhead (12-15% CPU usage), compared to the use of draw_rect_filled_no_context
+	// vs draw_rect_filled (1-2% CPU usage), because of Sokol's optimisation.
+
+	$if !do_not_draw_rect_filled ? {
+		sgl.begin_quads()
+		for y in 0 .. cmax_y {
+			for x in 0 .. cmax_x {
+				cy, cx := y * cs, x * cs
+				app.gg.draw_rect_filled_no_context(cx, cy, cs - 2, cs - 2, c_fg)
+			}
+		}
+		sgl.end()
+	}
+
+	$if draw_rect_empty ? {
+		sgl.begin_lines()
+		for y in 0 .. cmax_y {
+			for x in 0 .. cmax_x {
+				cy, cx := y * cs, x * cs
+				app.gg.draw_rect_empty_no_context(cx + 2, cy + 2, cs - 3, cs - 3, c_em)
+			}
+		}
+		sgl.end()
+	}
+
+	app.gg.end()
+}
diff --git a/vlib/gg/draw.c.v b/vlib/gg/draw.c.v
index 2be29c080a..c5cc4fe2b3 100644
--- a/vlib/gg/draw.c.v
+++ b/vlib/gg/draw.c.v
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ pub fn (ctx &Context) draw_convex_poly(points []f32, c Color) {
 // draw_rect_empty draws the outline of a rectangle.
 // `x`,`y` is the top-left corner of the rectangle.
 // `w` is the width, `h` is the height and `c` is the color of the outline.
+// Note: it is much more efficient to draw lots of empty rectangles one after the other,
+// without filled rectangles between them, than to draw a mix.
 pub fn (ctx &Context) draw_rect_empty(x f32, y f32, w f32, h f32, c Color) {
 	if c.a != 255 {
 		sgl.load_pipeline(ctx.pipeline.alpha)
@@ -215,9 +217,48 @@ pub fn (ctx &Context) draw_rect_empty(x f32, y f32, w f32, h f32, c Color) {
 	sgl.end()
 }
 
+// draw_rect_empty_no_context draws the outline of a rectangle, but without saving/restoring the context.
+// It is intended to be used in loops, where you do manually: `sgl.begin_lines()` *before* the loop,
+// then draw many rectangles, then call manually `sgl.end()` *after* the loop.
+// `x`,`y` is the top-left corner of the rectangle.
+// `w` is the width, `h` is the height and `c` is the color of the outline.
+// Note: it is much more efficient to draw lots of empty rectangles one after the other,
+// without filled rectangles between them, than to draw a mix.
+pub fn (ctx &Context) draw_rect_empty_no_context(x f32, y f32, w f32, h f32, c Color) {
+	// The small offsets here, are to make sure, that the start and end points will be
+	// inside pixels, and not on their borders. That in turn, makes it much more likely
+	// that different OpenGL implementations will render them identically, for example
+	// Mesa, with `LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1` renders the same as HD4000.
+	mut toffset := f32(0.1)
+	mut boffset := f32(-0.1)
+	tleft_x := toffset + x * ctx.scale
+	tleft_y := toffset + y * ctx.scale
+	bright_x := boffset + (x + w) * ctx.scale
+	bright_y := boffset + (y + h) * ctx.scale
+	// Note: the following line is deliberately commented, compare to draw_rect_empty/5;
+	// sgl.begin_lines() // more predictable, compared to sgl.begin_line_strip, at the price of more vertexes send
+	sgl.c4b(c.r, c.g, c.b, c.a)
+	// top:
+	sgl.v2f(tleft_x, tleft_y)
+	sgl.v2f(bright_x, tleft_y)
+	// left:
+	sgl.v2f(tleft_x, tleft_y)
+	sgl.v2f(tleft_x, bright_y)
+	// right:
+	sgl.v2f(bright_x, tleft_y)
+	sgl.v2f(bright_x, bright_y)
+	// bottom:
+	sgl.v2f(tleft_x, bright_y)
+	sgl.v2f(bright_x, bright_y)
+	// Note: the following line is deliberately commented, compare to draw_rect_empty/5;
+	// sgl.end()
+}
+
 // draw_rect_filled draws a filled rectangle.
 // `x`,`y` is the top-left corner of the rectangle.
 // `w` is the width, `h` is the height and `c` is the color of the fill.
+// Note: it is much more efficient to draw lots of filled rectangles one after the other,
+// without empty rectangles between them, than to draw a mix.
 pub fn (ctx &Context) draw_rect_filled(x f32, y f32, w f32, h f32, c Color) {
 	$if macos {
 		if ctx.native_rendering {
@@ -239,6 +280,25 @@ pub fn (ctx &Context) draw_rect_filled(x f32, y f32, w f32, h f32, c Color) {
 	sgl.end()
 }
 
+// draw_rect_filled_no_context draws a filled rectangle, but without saving/restoring the context.
+// It is intended to be used in loops, where you do manually: `sgl.begin_quads()` *before* the loop,
+// then draw many rectangles, then call manually `sgl.end()` *after* the loop.
+// `x`,`y` is the top-left corner of the rectangle.
+// `w` is the width, `h` is the height and `c` is the color of the fill.
+// Note: it is much more efficient to draw lots of filled rectangles one after the other,
+// without empty rectangles between them, than to draw a mix.
+pub fn (ctx &Context) draw_rect_filled_no_context(x f32, y f32, w f32, h f32, c Color) {
+	// Note: the following line is deliberately commented, compare to draw_rect_empty/5;
+	// sgl.begin_quads()
+	sgl.c4b(c.r, c.g, c.b, c.a)
+	sgl.v2f(x * ctx.scale, y * ctx.scale)
+	sgl.v2f((x + w) * ctx.scale, y * ctx.scale)
+	sgl.v2f((x + w) * ctx.scale, (y + h) * ctx.scale)
+	sgl.v2f(x * ctx.scale, (y + h) * ctx.scale)
+	// Note: the following line is deliberately commented, compare to draw_rect_filled/5;
+	// sgl.end()
+}
+
 pub enum PaintStyle {
 	fill
 	stroke
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 08e068c693..484ab59c3f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -2306,6 +2306,23 @@ pub fn (expr Expr) pos() token.Pos {
 	}
 }
 
+pub fn (expr Expr) is_constant() bool {
+	return match expr {
+		IntegerLiteral, FloatLiteral, BoolLiteral, StringLiteral {
+			true
+		}
+		InfixExpr, CastExpr, ArrayInit {
+			true
+		}
+		UnsafeExpr {
+			expr.expr.is_constant()
+		}
+		else {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 pub fn (expr Expr) is_lvalue() bool {
 	return match expr {
 		Ident, CTempVar { true }
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
index a7e2bfe80a..e9fc1495ab 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
@@ -661,8 +661,13 @@ or use an explicit `unsafe{ a[..] }`, if you do not want a copy of the slice.',
 			}
 		}
 		if mut left is ast.Ident && left.info is ast.IdentVar {
-			if left.info.is_static && right_sym.kind == .map {
-				c.error('maps cannot be static', left.pos)
+			if left.info.is_static {
+				if right_sym.kind == .map {
+					c.error('maps cannot be static', left.pos)
+				} else if !right.is_constant() {
+					c.error('cannot initialized static variable with non-constant value',
+						left.pos)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		// Single side check
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d5f81d29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv:10:2: warning: function `foo` must be called from an `unsafe` block
+    8 | 
+    9 | fn main() {
+   10 |     foo()
+      |     ~~~~~
+   11 | }
+vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv:4:9: warning: unused variable: `aa`
+    2 | fn foo() {
+    3 |     b := 23
+    4 |     static aa := b
+      |            ~~
+    5 |     static bb := 1 + 1
+    6 |     static cc := ''.str()
+vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv:5:9: warning: unused variable: `bb`
+    3 |     b := 23
+    4 |     static aa := b
+    5 |     static bb := 1 + 1
+      |            ~~
+    6 |     static cc := ''.str()
+    7 | }
+vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv:6:9: warning: unused variable: `cc`
+    4 |     static aa := b
+    5 |     static bb := 1 + 1
+    6 |     static cc := ''.str()
+      |            ~~
+    7 | }
+    8 |
+vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv:4:9: error: cannot initialized static variable with non-constant value
+    2 | fn foo() {
+    3 |     b := 23
+    4 |     static aa := b
+      |            ~~
+    5 |     static bb := 1 + 1
+    6 |     static cc := ''.str()
+vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv:6:9: error: cannot initialized static variable with non-constant value
+    4 |     static aa := b
+    5 |     static bb := 1 + 1
+    6 |     static cc := ''.str()
+      |            ~~
+    7 | }
+    8 |
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a90c397916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/static_init_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@[unsafe]
+fn foo() {
+	b := 23
+	static aa := b
+	static bb := 1 + 1
+	static cc := ''.str()
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	foo()
+}