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Might be worth putting "state" inside the function, and making it static.

Steve Melnikoff
– Steve Melnikoff

2009-05-11 22:40:37 +00:00
Commented May 11, 2009 at 22:40
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@Steve Melnikoff: only if you've only got one state machine. Keep it outside the function and you can have an array of state machines with their own state.

Vicky
– Vicky

2010-06-25 12:09:12 +00:00
Commented Jun 25, 2010 at 12:09
@Vicky: One function can contain as many state machines as you like, with an array of state variables if required, which can live inside the function (as static variables) if they're not used elsewhere.

Steve Melnikoff
– Steve Melnikoff

2010-06-28 12:07:16 +00:00
Commented Jun 28, 2010 at 12:07

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