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in reply to Re^3: Global variable vs passing variable from sub to sub
in thread Global variable vs passing variable from sub to sub

I find the arguments in this thread to be lacking substance

And then all you provide are arguments like

The effort it takes to properly scope variables, which often requires a different code structure, outweighs the problems I've encountered using globals.

with no explanation whatsoever about what you find so difficult about scoping variables.


I'll summarize everyone else's arguments into a form which contains the same amount of "substance" (You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means--Inigo Montoya) as your posts: Scoping variables takes no additional effort and it eliminates one potential source of bugs.

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