Re: global variables

[Jacques Menu]

Le 15 janv. 2014 à 17:15:53, David Kastrup <address@hidden> a écrit :

> Peter Bjuhr <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> On 01/15/2014 04:54 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
>>> Peter Bjuhr <address@hidden> writes:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I've started using global variables more recently but can highly
>>>> recommend it!
>>> Just don't let any programmers hear that.
>>> 
>> 
>> David, I'm sorry; I must again ask you what you mean? Is this a joke
>> I'm missing like the previous time with the biblical quote?
> 
> <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_variable>, 2nd paragraph.


Isn’t what you call an LP global variable actually a macro, as in LaTeX?

JM


> 
> Of course, using a variable called "global" in LilyPond is only
> marginally related to "using global variables".
> 
>> Is it bad for the LilyPond programmers if many people use global
>> variables?
> 
> LilyPond is not really a programming language.
> 
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> David Kastrup
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