On Tuesday 23 November 2004 09:10, Adrian Hey wrote: > On Monday 22 Nov 2004 6:27 pm, Lennart Augustsson wrote: > > Personally, I can't believe I hear people arguing for global variables. > > Oh dear, here we go again. I repeat, AFAIK nobody who wants a solution to > this problem is advocating the use of "global variables"
I don't understand the difference between a "global variable" (C code, outside main): int var = 0; and a "top-level thing with identity" (proposed Haskell code, outside main): var <- newIORef 0 AFAIK, "global" in C (or any other imperative language) means the same as "top-level" in Haskell. Ben -- Ceterum censeo: Global variabes are evil. _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
