[TYPO3-core] $GLOBALS vs globals

Ingmar Schlecht ingmar at typo3.org
Thu Oct 26 13:29:41 CEST 2006


+-0.

My opinion:
	- don't change existing code

	- for new code, $GLOBALS should be the suggested
          but not enforced way.

cheers
Ingmar


Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] schrieb:
> Martin Kutschker schrieb am 26.10.2006 11:45:
> 
>> I use global whenever I use them same variable more than once or
>> twice. Eg spelling $GLOBALS['TSFE'] ten times is tiresome and not
>> even easy to read.
> 
> In my view it is exactly the opposite: It enhances the readability of
> the code, because you can know exactly what variable you are acessing
> here and it will be much easier later to identify dependencies on
> certain globals.
> 
> Writing them could be a matter of copy&paste or some other helper
> methods. I think we should not spare characters just to be able to type
> them faster, the code should be readable and understandable.
> 
>> I do not favour a codig style that forbids "global" altogether.
> 
> I would favor such a style.
> 
>> Maybe in TYPO3 5.0 we can use singletons and do not use globals at
>> all, but please don to not force us to use $GLOBALS['TSFE'],
>> $GLOBALS['TCA'] every single time.
> 
> TYPO3 5.0 is a different story, $GLOBALS should only be used at a
> minimum, but I think we should aim for that "minor" change in 4.1. What
> do others think?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ernesto



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