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Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG!

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Date Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:53:38 +1100
Subject Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG!
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.2580.1384399784.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>  Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have yet to see any language that gives true globals. At very best,
>> they're just process-wide! Honestly. How am I supposed to write code
>> that accesses variables running on my New York server?
>
> Any one of a slew of remote procedure call protocols.  These days, the
> cool kids are using REST, but people have been doing RPC-ish things ever
> since the first guy to connect two computers with a piece of wire.
>
> Wait, aren't you the guy who's into MUDs?

Yeah, I am. But there's this annoying difficulty with accessing
variables. I have to send messages around the world and get responses
back, I can't just type "global foo" and have foo be the same thing
here and everywhere else. I mean, it's called "global" for a reason,
why can't it be the same "foo" for every single process in the world?

Or if it's okay for "globals" to not be globally shared, then why is
it a problem for them to be per-module?

ChrisA

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PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 18:06 -0800
  Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-11-11 20:47 -0600
    Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-11 20:46 -0800
      Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 16:02 +1100
      Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Ricardo Aráoz <ricaraoz@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 07:15 -0300
      Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-11-12 05:32 -0600
      Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-11-12 20:20 -0500
      Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-11-13 18:17 -0600
        Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 18:25 -0800
  Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! jongiddy <jongiddy@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 06:12 -0800
    Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 07:05 -0800
      Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! jongiddy <jongiddy@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 07:33 -0800
        Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 09:00 -0800
          Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 09:42 -0800
          Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-11-12 11:45 -0600
          Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! jongiddy <jongiddy@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 14:41 -0800
            Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-12 18:45 -0800
              Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-11-12 21:22 -0600
              Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Andrew Cooper <root@127.0.0.1> - 2013-11-13 22:00 +0000
                Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 18:16 -0800
  Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-11-12 14:32 +0000
    Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 02:22 +1100
  Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! "Rhodri James" <rhodri@wildebst.demon.co.uk> - 2013-11-13 23:42 +0000
    Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-13 23:57 +0000
    Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-14 01:09 +0000
      Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 19:22 -0800
        Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 14:29 +1100
          Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-11-13 23:33 -0500
            Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 20:40 -0800
            Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 15:53 +1100
            Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-14 06:25 +0000
          Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! unknown <unknown@unknown.com> - 2013-11-14 09:41 +0000
    Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 18:10 -0800
      Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-14 02:45 +0000
        Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 19:45 -0800
          Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 20:01 -0800
          Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-14 05:50 +0000
            Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 09:26 -0800
              Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 12:37 -0500
              Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-11-14 09:56 -0800
                Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-11-14 20:12 +0000
                Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-15 09:43 +1100
              Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 13:43 -0500
              Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-14 19:04 +0000
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                Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-11-15 09:26 -0600
                Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-16 02:42 +1100
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                Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2013-11-15 17:33 -0600
                Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-15 20:01 -0800
                Re: PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-16 15:19 +1100
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