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Re: common block question [message #75721 is a reply to message #23576]

Wed, 13 April 2011 16:21

penteado
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On Apr 13, 6:17 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Sounds like a legitimate use of a common block
> to me. Although passing the routine by reference
> or passing a light-weight pointer would always
> be my preference. It makes the code easier to
> understand months later, for one thing. And it
> allows me to run multiple instances of my program
> (maybe not important here).

To me it sounds like the classical case where there are much better
options than global variables. That is, any case when there is a way
around using global variables.

Depending on the relation of the variables and how they are going to
be used, I would consider one of:

1) Putting then into a structure (of the arrays themselves or pointers
to them), and passing it around.
2) Passing around an array of pointers, where each element pointed to
one of the arrays.
3) Passing around a list or hash, depending on which makes it easier
to organize the arrays.
4) Making an object of the whole thing and keeping those arrays in one
or more fields of self.

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