RE: AW: [PEAR-DEV] solution for BC breakage
| From: | Lukas Smith | Date: | Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:48:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: AW: [PEAR-DEV] solution for BC breakage | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.pear.dev |
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> From: Stephan Schmidt [mailto:s.schmidt@metrix.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:46 AM
> > This is highly recommended anyways - otherwise users can't load
packages
> > on demand in a function. I always use $GLOBALS["_PACKAGE_MYVAR"] in
my
> > PEAR packages for this reason. Inside functions and methods, you
can
> > always use the global keyword, but the extra characters of $GLOBALS
in
> > top-level code translate into a heap of benefits.
>
> Then we should add this to the CS. I'm not sure if all packages that
need
> global variables do it the right way[tm].
Yup we should.
Regards,
Lukas