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Timeline for The Singleton Pattern

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Jan 17, 2011 at 13:23 history edited red-dirt CC BY-SA 2.5
Edit #2: From Herb Sutter on Singletons
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Jan 16, 2011 at 18:59 comment added Loki Astari It is bad because it tightly couples your code to the singelton/global. Tight coupling makes the code hard to update and very difficult to test. it also adds hidden dependencies into the code that are not obvious from the use of the code.
Jan 16, 2011 at 18:47 comment added Sergio -1 - This doesn't explain WHY it's bad. Just says "it's bad".
Jan 16, 2011 at 18:30 comment added Darren Young Aaah...I understand and yeah that would be pretty shitty. I've used it with fully encapsulated classes that I require only a single instance. I find by using the Singleton it's far easier to just use the instance reference rather than lots of new objects.
Jan 16, 2011 at 18:27 history answered red-dirt CC BY-SA 2.5