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Re:Global variables are bad (2013) by drblast on Thursday July 26, 2018 @03:37AM (#17615739)
Also modern IDEs change the game a bit.

Used to be you wouldn't use globals because it was difficult to figure out what code accessed or changed their values. Now that's a right click away.

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Re:Global variables are bad (2013) by V-2 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @03:56AM (#17615816)
IDE will show you where it's accessed, but it's of little use if there are two hundred fifty usages, and IDE won't fix the design choices that followed from the use of globals.
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