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Re: Can I avoid using a global?!

From Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: Can I avoid using a global?!
Date 2011-11-22 13:39 +1300
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On 11/22/11 01:07 PM, mike3 wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I've got this problem. I was building a game in C++, and ran into
> this, which is causing me some trouble. I was wondering if I could
> avoid using a global here since I've heard that globals are "bad".

Global variables are best avoided.

> I've also heard global _functions_ are bad too. If that's the case,

It isn't, it's nonsense!

-- 
Ian Collins

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Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-21 16:07 -0800
  Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-22 13:39 +1300
    Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-21 20:08 -0800
      Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-22 17:15 +1300
        Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-21 23:18 -0800
      Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 23:36 -0800
        Re: Can I avoid using a global?! "Fred Zwarts \(KVI\)" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2011-11-22 09:09 +0100
        Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 02:02 -0800
          Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Stuart Redmann <DerTopper@web.de> - 2011-11-22 05:02 -0800
            Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 12:43 -0800
              Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Stuart Redmann <DerTopper@web.de> - 2011-11-22 23:04 -0800
                Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-23 13:27 -0800
                Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Stuart Redmann <DerTopper@web.de> - 2011-11-23 22:40 -0800
          Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-11-22 06:08 -0800
            Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 12:32 -0800
              Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-11-22 23:50 -0800
            Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 12:46 -0800
              Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-11-23 00:02 -0800
                Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-23 13:25 -0800
                Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-11-24 05:45 -0800
                Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-24 19:44 -0800
      Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-11-22 01:36 -0800
        Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 02:09 -0800
          Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-11-22 03:03 -0800
            Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 12:48 -0800
    Re: Can I avoid using a global?! ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-11-21 22:59 -0600
  Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-11-22 07:53 +0000
    Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 02:05 -0800
  Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Mielke <smielke@webpartner.com.br> - 2011-11-22 07:35 -0800
    Re: Can I avoid using a global?! mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-22 12:34 -0800
  Re: Can I avoid using a global?! Krice <paulkp@mbnet.fi> - 2011-11-23 00:42 -0800

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