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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:53:50 GMT
Date: 2001-01-10T21:53:50+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <93ill8$j95$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 93f9pi$uaa$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net

In article <93f9pi$uaa$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net>,
  "Thierry Lelegard" <thierry.lelegard@canal-plus.fr> wrote:

> So, Jean-Pierre Rosen is right, never use "in out" for "out"
> when you cannot be sure that the actual parameter is properly
> initialized.

Just to once again clarify. There are two cases here

1. The parameter is a by-copy type (or a type that can
optionally be passed by copy). In this case, the advice
above corresponds to advice to avoid definite (or potential)
bounded errors. Important indeed! Note that the implementation
which raised an error was not only correct, but friendly, since
it is friendly for implementations to detect bounded errors.

2. The parameter is a by-reference type, in this case the
above advice is just a matter of stylistic considerations.


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  reply	other threads:[~2001-01-10 21:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-06  0:11 Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out i.a.mcleod
2001-01-06  4:58 ` tmoran
2001-01-06 17:06   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-06 19:50     ` tmoran
2001-01-06 20:31       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-07  1:59     ` John English
2001-01-07  3:51       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-08 12:06         ` dmitry6243
2001-01-09  4:32           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 10:05             ` dmitry6243
2001-01-09  4:35           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09  9:58             ` dmitry6243
2001-01-09 14:13               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-09 18:29                 ` dmitry6243
2001-01-09 19:55                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-10  0:47                     ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-10 21:50                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-10  9:23                     ` dmitry6243
2001-01-10 21:46                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-11 11:46                         ` dmitry6243
2001-01-11 16:48                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-11 19:52                             ` Thierry Lelegard
2001-01-11 20:10                               ` Pascal Obry
2001-01-12  8:05                                 ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-12 13:31                               ` gasperon
2001-01-12 14:02                                 ` n_brunot
2001-01-12 17:26                                   ` charlet
2001-01-14 18:23                                     ` n_brunot
2001-01-14 21:05                                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-15  8:56                                         ` n_brunot
2001-01-12 11:05                             ` dmitry6243
2001-01-12 13:55                               ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-12 22:10                                 ` Dale Stanbrough
2001-01-13  1:13                                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-13 17:29                                 ` dmitry6243
2001-01-13 18:22                                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-13 22:32                                     ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-14  6:02                                       ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-01-14 14:33                                         ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-14 18:14                                           ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-01-14 21:10                                             ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-14 20:45                                         ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-14 14:23                                       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-14 20:42                                         ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-14 21:17                                           ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-15 20:57                                             ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-15 16:25                                     ` dmitry6243
2001-02-02  7:06                                       ` Multiple dispatch (was " mark_lundquist
2001-02-02 13:49                                         ` dmitry6243
2001-01-16 12:22                                 ` Georg Bauhaus
2001-01-13  4:46                           ` Larry Kilgallen
     [not found]                           ` <93ko49$auq$1@nnrp1.deja.coOrganization: LJK Software <eiviJtYj+A7W@eisner.decus.org>
2001-01-13  6:00                             ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-11 21:38               ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-12  0:20                 ` John English
2001-01-12 13:57                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-12 20:34                     ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-13 18:06                       ` Brian Rogoff
2001-01-11 21:28             ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-12 12:35               ` dmitry6243
2001-01-12 21:22                 ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-13  1:16                   ` Robert Dewar
2001-02-02  5:42                     ` mark_lundquist
2001-02-02 14:55                       ` Stephen Leake
2001-02-02 20:08                         ` Robert Dewar
2001-02-05 15:00                           ` Stephen Leake
2001-01-13 21:26               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2001-01-11 21:24           ` mark_lundquist
2001-01-12 12:13             ` dmitry6243
2001-01-06 16:21 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2001-01-09 15:15   ` Thierry Lelegard
2001-01-10 21:53     ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2001-01-07 19:15 ` DuckE
2001-01-09 20:44 ` Laurent Guerby
2001-01-09 21:46   ` Florian Weimer
2001-01-10 21:57   ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-10 23:51     ` Tucker Taft
2001-01-11  4:23       ` Robert Dewar
2001-01-11 19:28     ` Laurent Guerby
2001-01-18 18:53 ` FAROOQATIF
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