Where programs should store their options? Sometimes it is said that global variables are bad, but what is better? Some huge structure storing all options? Of course, they can be divided into many structures or they can be passed on a stack instead of passing pointer to structure but it is not effective.
Here is citation from TAOUP (http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ch04s06.html): " Here are some questions to ask about any code you work on that might help you improve its modularity: * How many global variables does it have? Global variables are modularity poison, an easy way for components to leak information to each other in careless and promiscuous ways. * Do any of your APIs have more than seven entry points? Do any of your classes have more than seven methods each? Do your data structures have more than seven members? " So lots of global variables are bad, but saving them in a local structure is bad too? Is there any other other solution?
