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Group: Weird Globals

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Description

Weird globals include anything that should be moved form a header to cpp file, or methods that are unnecessarily exposed, or functions that should be methods.

This is a group of issues identified during Code Review 2012. Add any relevant issues to this group, and when they are all closed we will close this issue. If an issue fits this pattern, but is more significant or not a simple fix, please add it as a separate issue.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

This is an umbrella issue from Code Review 2012, not a single change with named files or tests. Review the relevant grouped issues and identify which globals, exposed methods, or functions they cover. Done means the applicable issues are resolved and added to this group before the tracker is closed.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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