Thread: Global Access to Global Class without so many pointers

  1. #1
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    Global Access to Global Class without so many pointers

    I was wondering if there is a way to create a class as such:

    toBeGlobal.h
    Code:
    #ifndef _TOBEGLOBAL_
    #define _TOBEGLOBAL_
    
    class toBeGlobal
    {
    public:
         toBeGlobal(){
              // Do Something
         };
         ~toBeGlobal(){};
    };
    
    #endif
    and initialize a toBeGlobal class in your main program as such:

    main.cpp
    Code:
    #include <Whatevers.h>
    #include "AccessingClass.h"
    #include "toBeGlobal.h"
    
    bool main()
    {
         toBeGlobal *test = new toBeGlobal();
         exit(0);
    }
    where AccessingClass wants to read the initialized *test toBeGlobal class

    AccessingClass.h
    Code:
    #ifndef _ACCESSINGCLASS_
    #define _ACCESSINGCLASS_
    
    class AccessingClass
    {
    public:
         AccessingClass(){};
         ~AccessingClass(){};
    
         void AccessFunction();
    };
    
    #endif
    where AccessFunction is defined:

    AccessingClass.cpp
    Code:
    #include "AccessingClass.h"
    
    void AccessingClass::AccessFunction()
    {
         // Malliate whatever's in *test toBeAccessed class
    }
    I know that I can pass a pointer to the *test class in the call of AccessingClass, but I don't want to do that. I find it very sloppy and I was hoping that there is a better way of doing it with headers

    - Please and thank you!

  2. #2
    The larch
    Join Date
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    You are asking how you declare a global?

    E.g in header (or any file wanting to use the global):

    Code:
    extern toBeGlobal x;
    In one source file:
    Code:
    toBeGlobal x;
    Except, unless you have a really good reason for this, that is the sloppy way (and if you have more globals making use of other globals - good luck!)
    I might be wrong.

    Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.
    Quoted more than 1000 times (I hope).

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