Subj : Re: "File Scope" objects
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Steve O'Hara-Smith
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 11:32 pm

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:23:42 GMT
Randy Howard <randyhoward@FOOverizonBAR.net> wrote:

> Chris Sonnack wrote
> (in article <gdpug1pobnlns6hv4c597jiiu8lj542ag3@4ax.com>):
> 
> > Phlip writes:
> 
> >>> Having not unrecently read someone speak very much in favor of
> >>> file scope objects, I'd be interested in a little round-about
> >>> on the matter,...
>  
> >> Give everything the most restricted scope possible.
>  
> > Absolutely.  And when several functions in one module share the
> > same datum?
> 
> Pass 13 parameters to every function of course.  :-)

	Put them in a struct and pass a pointer to it - see X-Windows
sources for examples.

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