Re: [PATCH 00/12] Remove more index compatibility macros

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 6, 2021, 20:52 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpn2hrdo1.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <a93359c3-66bf-80bc-f053-4742563163d0@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

> My intention was to reduce the use of globals in libgit.a while keeping
> with existing patterns of static globals in the builtin code.

The above (without having thought about it too hard or long enough yet) sounds a sensible guideline to go by. Thanks for a helpful hint to keep in mind while reading the series.

> While
> this can be thought of "module variables" instead of true globals, they
> aren't exactly desirable. In v2, these static globals are temporary to
> the series and are completely removed by the end.

;-)

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