There really is no difference between a global variable and a public static variable. The class variable is namespaced a tiny bit better, but that hardly makes any difference. Both are accessible anywhere at any time and both are global state.
There really is no difference between a global variable and a public static variable. The class variable is namespaced a tiny bit better, but that hardly makes any difference. Both are accessible anywhere at any time and both are global state.
As it happens, I just wrote an exhaustive article on the subject:
How Not To Kill Your Testability Using Statics
There really is no difference between a global variable and a public static variable. The class variable is namespaced a tiny bit better, but that hardly makes any difference. Both are accessible anywhere at any time and both are global state.
As it happens, I just wrote an exhaustive article on the subject:
How Not To Kill Your Testability Using Statics