Global in multiple files

[Roman Suzi]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Rainer Deyke wrote:

>"Roman Suzi" <rnd at onego.ru> wrote in message
>news:mailman.992195796.5861.python-list at python.org...
>> On 10 Jun 2001, Artur Skura wrote:
>>
>> >>Why do you need global variable in the OOP design anyway?
>> >
>> >I knew you would say that! ;)
>>
>> Yes, of course. Because in True Object Design there is no place for
>> anything global.
>
>That's a silly philosophy.

That was said with irony. There is always TheUniverse object.
It is global, depending on philosophy and religion ;-)

>Classes are objects; are they allowed to be global?

Classes belong to meta-system, which serves the purpose
of description of the system. That's why classes are
usually global. At least at the module level.

>What about objects that provide a higher level of abstraction than
>classes?

The same.

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Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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