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setglobal is deprecated and replaced with _G[]
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[[API_getglobal|getglobal]] and setglobal are deprecated and replaced with _G[]<ref>http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25626580975&sid=1</ref>. Their functionality will be removed from the game at a future date. Change all references of getglobal and setglobal:
  var = getglobal(varName)        --getglobal deprecated
  var = _G[varName]              --new syntax to get a global
  setglobal(otherName, otherVar)  --setglobal deprecated
  _G[otherName] = otherVar        --new syntax to set a global
Set a global variable, from a string.
Set a global variable, from a string.
  setglobal( "globalName", value )
  setglobal( "globalName", value )
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