<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary --> <!--X-From-R13: Xb Rvyyba <rzvylNgurybavbhf.arj.bk.np.hx> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 01:26:00 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 19981027092250.A22181#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 19981026161724.A2321#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SGI.3.96.981026151309.4533I-100000#zazu,angel.com --> <!--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:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk"> </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="msg00545.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00547.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00524.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00441.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00546">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00546">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00546">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>: Jo Dillon <<A HREF="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:22:50 +0000</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> True - I'd forgotten about that usage when writing the mail, simply because using static local variables is heavily deprecated as being non-reentrant. Something we should probably avoid in a multithreaded mud :) Adam Wiggins (adam#angel,com) spake thusly: > It's slightly more complicated than that, due to C++ being a hack on top > of C. 'static' is best thought of as a way to use global variables with > a limited scope. For example: -- Jo Harmony - the project to create an LGPL Qt clone <A HREF="http://harmony.ruhr.de">http://harmony.ruhr.de</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <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> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00524" HREF="msg00524.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Adam Wiggins <adam#angel,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00545.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Missing the point: OpenMUD, Gamora, Casbah, etc.</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00547.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: OT, kinda, but yay :)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00524.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00441.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00546"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00546"><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> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <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> </ul> </ul> </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> <LI><strong><A NAME="00443" HREF="msg00443.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, 01:55 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00446" HREF="msg00446.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 02:50 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00447" HREF="msg00447.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Sat 24 Oct 1998, 02:58 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>