Re: [PATCH 00/12] Remove more index compatibility macros

Derrick Stolee [off-list ref] writes:

My intention was to reduce the use of globals in libgit.a while keeping
with existing patterns of static globals in the builtin code.

The above (without having thought about it too hard or long enough
yet) sounds a sensible guideline to go by.  Thanks for a helpful
hint to keep in mind while reading the series.

While
this can be thought of "module variables" instead of true globals, they
aren't exactly desirable. In v2, these static globals are temporary to
the series and are completely removed by the end.

;-)