Is Monostate the good cousin of the evil Singleton?

Question

Singleton is definitely one of the most misused and abused patterns out there. Many of us have been infected with Singletonitis at one point or another. Curiously, its close c

Answer 1

Why are you assuming that people would discourage the use of Singletons? Making sweeping generalizations about Singletons is like making sweeping generalizations about gotos, global variables and so on. There is a place for all of them. None of these things are "evil", and their misuse doesn't make them bad to use, it just means they need to be used properly.