Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 01:55:31 +0100 From: pb@fasterix.freenix.org (Pierre Beyssac) To: eivind@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up: static -ification Message-ID: <19980210015530.KY13839@@> In-Reply-To: <19980209223452.41056@follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Feb 9, 1998 22:34:52 %2B0100 References: <19980209064733.56080@follo.net> <19980209210343.OU10756@@> <19980209223452.41056@follo.net>
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Eivind Eklund writes:
> * Localization of state - to allow the programmer to see that his
> changes don't affect anything beyond that file.
>
> * Data hiding - this make better module boundaries, and make more
> certain that incestous relationships don't develop. It will make it
> easier to change the code later.
Wooops, thanks, I understand now. That's great!
I'd gotten it all wrong: I was under the impression that you were
converting auto variables to static, and I didn't see what was the
point in doing that :-)
--
Pierre Beyssac pb@fasterix.frmug.org pb@fasterix.freenix.org
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