Re: [boost] Re: in/out parameters, codingstylesandmaintenance

From: Gregory Colvin (gregory.colvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-03 18:28:23

On Saturday, May 3, 2003, at 17:13 America/Denver, Noel Yap wrote:

> Noel Yap wrote:
>>   std::auto_ptr< T > t( new T() );
>>   f( boost::dumb_ptr< T >( t.get() ); // clearly an in/out parameter
>
> Or if you don't want to dynamically allocate t:
>
>   T t;
>   f( boost::dumb_ptr< T >( &t ) ); // clearly an in/out parameter
>
>   static T t;
>   f( boost::dumb_ptr< T >( &t ) ); // clearly an in/out parameter

Not so clear -- it depends on whether f() cares about the initial
value of t.  Also, not in my opinion any more clear than:

    f(&t);