WoW:API setglobal: Difference between revisions

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   local prevval = globalenv["MyVariable"];  ''-- "getglobal()"''
   local prevval = globalenv["MyVariable"];  ''-- "getglobal()"''
   globalenv["MyVariable"] = 1234;            ''-- "setglobal()"''
   globalenv["MyVariable"] = 1234;            ''-- "setglobal()"''
Since calling a function always requires some extra overhead, it's most likely a better idea to not use setglobal and getglobal, but to use the global environment (as above) instead.
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