<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary --> <!--X-From-R13: "Oqnz X. Fubeagba" <nqnzNcubravk.Bevaprgba.SRG> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:20:35 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 19981026121630.C18584#flagstaff,Princeton.EDU --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 19981026104504.A4072#flagstaff,Princeton.EDU --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.HPP.3.91.981026100339.2150B-100000#emu,micro.ti.com --> <!--X-Reference: 19981026161724.A2321#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00516.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00518.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00516.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00518.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00517">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00517">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00517">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Adam J. Thornton" <<A HREF="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 12:16:30 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 04:17:24PM +0000, Jo Dillon wrote: > Nope. Constant variables would be an oxymoron ;) A static variable > is simply a variable whose value is shared between instances of a class > (in C++ speak anyway). It's like a global variable but it's in the class's > scope, which helps with name hiding. > Holly Sommer (hsommer#micro,ti.com) spake thusly: > > On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Adam J. Thornton wrote: > > > Static variables > > Wait... static variables? Isn't that an oxymoron? Which brings me to a point that is certainly language-implementation relevant, but not necessarily mud-specific: WHY does C use the same keyword, "static," for "function you can't see outside this source file" and "Variable whose value persists between function calls" ? Is there some perfectly good reason for this that I've never understood? Or is it just overloading for the sake of overloading? If 2), let's be really careful to *not* do this in our MUD language. Adam -- adam#princeton,edu "There's a border to somewhere waiting, and a tank full of time." - J. Steinman </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00518" HREF="msg00518.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Jo Dillon <emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00514" HREF="msg00514.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Adam J. Thornton" <adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00515" HREF="msg00515.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Holly Sommer <hsommer#micro,ti.com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00516" HREF="msg00516.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Jo Dillon <emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00516.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00518.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00516.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00518.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00517"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00517"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00509" HREF="msg00509.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 05:20 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00514" HREF="msg00514.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 15:48 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00515" HREF="msg00515.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 16:08 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00516" HREF="msg00516.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 16:20 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00517" HREF="msg00517.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 17:20 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00518" HREF="msg00518.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 17:48 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00524" HREF="msg00524.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Mon 26 Oct 1998, 23:28 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00546" HREF="msg00546.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Tue 27 Oct 1998, 09:26 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00441" HREF="msg00441.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 01:15 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>