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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Adam J. Thornton" <<A HREF="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 12:16:30 -0500</LI>
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On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 04:17:24PM +0000, Jo Dillon wrote:
> Nope. Constant variables would be an oxymoron ;) A static variable
> is simply a variable whose value is shared between instances of a class
> (in C++ speak anyway). It's like a global variable but it's in the class's
> scope, which helps with name hiding.
> Holly Sommer (hsommer#micro,ti.com) spake thusly:
> > On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Adam J. Thornton wrote:
> > > Static variables
> > Wait... static variables? Isn't that an oxymoron?
Which brings me to a point that is certainly language-implementation
relevant, but not necessarily mud-specific:
WHY does C use the same keyword, "static," for "function you can't see
outside this source file" and "Variable whose value persists between
function calls" ?
Is there some perfectly good reason for this that I've never understood?
Or is it just overloading for the sake of overloading?
If 2), let's be really careful to *not* do this in our MUD language.
Adam
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00509" HREF="msg00509.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 05:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00514" HREF="msg00514.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 15:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00515" HREF="msg00515.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 16:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00516" HREF="msg00516.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 16:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00517" HREF="msg00517.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 17:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00518" HREF="msg00518.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 17:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00524" HREF="msg00524.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 23:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00546" HREF="msg00546.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Tue 27 Oct 1998, 09:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00441" HREF="msg00441.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 01:15 GMT
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