Re: [dev] Local vs global variables

From: QUINTIN Guillaume <coincoin169g_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:45:10 +0100

Why do you say that he is a fundamentalist ? Do you mean that he is right ?

2009/11/6, Kris Maglione <maglione.k_AT_gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:34:25PM +0100, QUINTIN Guillaume wrote:
>>Someone just told me that, when writing C code, one should NOT use ANY
>>global variables. He did not tell me to use global variables as few as
>>possible, he did tell me to use ABSOLUTELY NO global variables in any
>>kind of C code (single program, library, OS kernel, any kind there is
>>...)
>>
>>What do you think about that ?
>
> I'd say that he's the kind of teetotaling fundamentalist that
> you can safely ignore.
>
> --
> Kris Maglione
>
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> in the capitals.
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>
>
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