Hi Jimmy,

>I've seen you say not to use public variables on a couple of occasions. I'm just wondering why.

They have the potential to stomp on other variables (not a good thing) when they are not needed. If a LOCAL variable will work, there's no reason to endanger the system by using PUBLIC. IOW, They're Over Kill and Dangerous.

Most folks won't touch them, and some are hesitant to even use PRIVATE. But declaring them anything is better than not :-)