Re: Can use of singletons denote poor project design?


Phlip wrote:
Daniel Parker wrote:

I don't really see how there are any special issues for writing unit
tests for singletons.

Someone on comp.lang.c++ just pointed out, very politely, "I think you just
like using global variables because you're lazy".

Interesting. Do you think the designers of Java were lazy by
introducing the concept of a default DateFormat singleton object
accessible by a DateFormat.getInstance() member? Do you have a better
idea?

Regards,
Daniel Parker
http://servingxml.sourceforge.net/

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