Re: About speed

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ken mortenson wrote:
> 
> I need to answer the other part of your question.
> 
> Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
> > The variables that while cond2, cond3,
> > etc... need to access from the original calling function?
> 
> Of course, in my example you'd have to pass in any values needed by the
> internal conditions which is slower.  I've seen this argument taken to
> the extreme where NO parameters are passed, just make all variables global.
> 
> I'm sure you see the problem with that.
> 

I probably would take it to the extreme and simply include the 3 or 4 lines that
the function would do right inside of the loop and use the new 4.0 features to
exit which ever loop I wished. One thing is for sure, most of the programs I
write have zero global variables. Once in a while I'll do something dirty in
utility type apps and have a global database handle or something.

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Jeremy Cowgar
http://jeremy.cowgar.com

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