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>https://thricegreat.neocities.org/use_a_global_variable.txt When I first read this, I was unsure when this logic may be fruitful. I now understand. I recently wrote a couple functions that each need to iterate through their own constant character array. Initially, the array was declared every single time each function was called, which was less than ideal. For one of the functions, I bit the bullet
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and passed the pointer through each of the functions between it and the function in question. It resulted in longer function definitions, and felt clumsy. For the couple other functions, I didn't want to do that, so I left them declaring their character arrays each time they were called. This bothered me, enough that I gave a simple declaration above the function definition a try instead. It worked well.
The program that once ran in roughly 0.2 seconds then ran in roughly 0.17 seconds. Both clumsiness and inefficiency were avoided, for the placement of the declaration above the function definition made the intent clear.
Reading this posting by you was what got me thinking about this problem in the first place. Thank you.
Linked is a copy of those two latter mentioned function definitions: https://kaa.neocities.org/Program/global.txt