Too many global variables can be unproductive

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Why you should care

Global variables should be encapsulated in a class and doing so can make code more productive.

Business Impacts

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References

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How we detect

This code insight counts a violation each time there are too many global variables int m_iGlobal = 0; void m() { m_iGlobal = 1; // VIOLATION } Remedy Create a static data member in the appropriate class to replace the global variable.

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