Re:Don’t use environment variables for configuration
by kodah on Thursday April 01, 2021 @08:51PM
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Depending on the variable, sure, but that's a wide latitude in the interpretation of "global". They're not linked or the same memory in any form or fashion. They're merely identical in value.
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Re:Don’t use environment variables for configuration
by michaelmior on Friday April 02, 2021 @10:22AM
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True. I was thinking in the context of software deployments where environment variables are commonly used as read-only configuration values once the deployment is made.