Singleton or Global Function?

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I was under the impression that singleton is the proper design pattern which adds the flexibility for the design to evolve, extend, etc. , where globals are just a workaround. But in a question asked in this forum I was told try to avoid singleton pattern and go for global non-member functions. What is the reason for this?

Let me [link to the post again](http://jalf.dk/blog/2010/03/singletons-solving-problems-you-didnt-know-you-never-had-since-1995/). — Georg Fritzsche, Jan 28 '12 at 05:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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Here is a reference page:　Global vs Singleton in .NET

In my understanding, with singleton, I can control when the object is initialized. But with globals, it's a little difficult to do it.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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answered Jan 28 '12 at 05:39

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