<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Thanks a lot for the responses ppl. Python's treatment of global >variables was an eye-opener. I have coded in Java & C/C++ in the past >and there the behaviour is diametrically opposite.
How so? Python style gurus discourage use of global variables. So does all the C++ (and to a lesser extent C) advice I've ever encountered. And Java outright forbids the concept. It's one area where there seems to be universal agreement. -- \S -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chaos.org.uk/~sion/ "Frankly I have no feelings towards penguins one way or the other" -- Arthur C. Clarke her nu becomeþ se bera eadward ofdun hlæddre heafdes bæce bump bump bump
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