setting global variables

[Fritz Sonnichsen]

I have been using the "global" directive to set up some (around 50) 
global variables in a script. However in order to access them from 
functions in the same script, I need to define them as global again or 
they are not defined in the function.
   Seems a bit redundant to me--is there some way to define variables 
share by all functions just once?

Thanks
Fritz