Groovy hepcat Blake Gaffney jived with All on 10 Apr 98  18:14:22!
Local static's a cool scene. Dig it!
 BG> You know that in good OOP you should avoid global data/functions. I
 BG> try to do that as often as possible, but sometimes I use static data
 BG> or functions within a class. 
 BG> What I want to know is, is this as evil as using global
 BG> data/functions? 
  Think of it this way... Why should you not use too many global
variables? It is inconducive of OO principles. That is, global data is
not hidden, not part of an object, and as such, is susceptible to
errors from unknown or multiple sources.
  So, does a static variable within a class suffer these problems? No.
It is as object oriented as any other variable within a class.
                                                  Wolvaen
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