So you see there is nothing wrong with them, just be careful. They are both powerful and dangerous, like a firearm, but similarly, very useful in the appropriate situation.
I have an ancient personal distaste that derives from the fact that in HC, they persist in the variable watcher and cause clutter. But in LC, this can be addressed. Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: Guglielmo Braguglia <guglie...@braguglia.ch> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Fri, Oct 12, 2012 5:56 pm Subject: Re: Unpopularity of global variables - why? *Holy words Bob !!!* This would be the most sensible thing ... ... the "global" declared for one MainStack should be valid only in his context and not for any mainStack opened ! But unfortunately is not like that so ... use with caution ! ;-) Guglielmo On 12.10.2012 23:25, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I don't think that globals are a bad thing, but I do think they should > only apply to the stack they are defined in, or else have another > class of globals called stack or application globals (or how about > both!). That would solve the vast majority of cross globalization. > (Hey I think I coined a new term! _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
