Re: [LIP] Avoid use of global variables

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 08:24:26AM +0530, Saju Pillai wrote:
> > My question is, how do I pass on the elements of the command line
> > arguments which alter the behaviour of processFile while calling it?
> > It seems to me that the easiest way would be to use global variables,
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > but is there an elegant way by which this can be avoided? Or, is it
> > acceptable to use global variables in this situation?
> 
> Usually callbacks accept a void *mystuff style context object to solve 
> this exact problem. Since nftw() doesn't let you pass in a context 
> object I don't see how you can avoid using globals.
> 
> Also using globals is not a bad thing - particularly in write once, read 
> many cases.

Thanks for the response. I guess this is what I'd have to do.

Thanks.

Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah

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