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The difference between an instance variable and a static variable. (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by DonjonMaister to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/146762

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

personally I prefer including the file

prog_constants.h

int program_state; // Keeps track of stuff

in all translation units. That way I can easily keep track of what different parts of the program are doing at any time by modifying a single variable.