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02/26/07 10:11
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 		 #133701 - Christoph put it nicely
Responding to: ???'s previous message
David Gal said:
public This_Entire_File

Andy Neil said:
Generally, this would be a bad idea.

Jan Waclawek said:
Can you please give us a relevant negative example?

I think Christoph put it nicely:
Christoph Franck said:
Wildly declaring variables public and modifying them in dozens of different places usually leads to debugging nightmares and should be avoided wherever possible.
http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=133692


Jan Waclawek said:
I just want to say, that there is no "one size fits all" in engineering - well, basically, you said the same above, isn't it...

Yes - note the careful use of terms like "generally", "usually", etc, and:

I said:
engineering (including software engineering) is always about trade-offs!





List of 53 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
lame linker related question            01/01/70 00:00      
   How else will they know?            01/01/70 00:00      
      why the **** not???            01/01/70 00:00      
         I so disagree            01/01/70 00:00      
            Small addition            01/01/70 00:00      
            how do you know?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not the only reason!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Can I throw in another problem here...            01/01/70 00:00      
               it is IS a plain include...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Thanks Jan...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Proper Solution            01/01/70 00:00      
                     the problem is ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     what???            01/01/70 00:00      
                        corrections            01/01/70 00:00      
                           path???? Which path?????            01/01/70 00:00      
                              do you REALLY think that a compiler/linker maker w            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 1 experiment > 3e8h words            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    experiment #2: SDCC            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    very hard            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       but it does not matter!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          you suffer from a gross misconception            01/01/70 00:00      
               a common issue            01/01/70 00:00      
      i'm looking for something much simpler....            01/01/70 00:00      
         Well, that's fairly simple ... ?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Sure.            01/01/70 00:00      
         Contradiction!            01/01/70 00:00      
            not really.....            01/01/70 00:00      
               give an example            01/01/70 00:00      
                  example            01/01/70 00:00      
                     include ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Jon, I didn't know...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I did not build a truck            01/01/70 00:00      
                     no            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Jan, please read my question            01/01/70 00:00      
                           chop it with axe            01/01/70 00:00      
                              chop & glue            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 ok ok ok            01/01/70 00:00      
                     You need to understand            01/01/70 00:00      
   Not quite the right question.            01/01/70 00:00      
   On modular programming            01/01/70 00:00      
      an example, please            01/01/70 00:00      
         \"Lead us not into temptation\"            01/01/70 00:00      
            the temptation is there anyway            01/01/70 00:00      
               Use all the help the tools can give you!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  if there ARE reasons NOT to use the \"tools\"...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Famous last words.            01/01/70 00:00      
               A real life analogy:            01/01/70 00:00      
                  thin ice            01/01/70 00:00      
               Remove the Temptation            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Do you want less temptation?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Thank you            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Cohesion & Coupling            01/01/70 00:00      
         Christoph put it nicely            01/01/70 00:00      

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