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From: dxf <dxforth@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: May the numbers speak - supplement
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:45:15 +1000
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On 14/06/2025 3:44 am, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> writes:
>> That's why I consider the use of global variables in library functions
>> worse than locals. You're polluting the namespace.
> 
> Obviously there are ways around that with wordlists, but it would be
> nice if doing that was more convenient.  You could have program sections
> with their own encapsulated variables.

Good point.  As wordlists are expensive and complicated I leave them
for situations equally demanding e.g. assembler.  For libs (though not
applications) I hide support words or data no longer needed with BEHEAD.
To avoid their names potentially clashing with something during compile,
I precede them with -? which disables redefinition warning for that
item only.