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

From: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-03 22:32:16

Justin M. Lewis wrote:

> A little bit of an overly simple example.  How about something more
> like 
> 
> void MyGetCWD(c_out<std::string> cwd)

[snip]

> Or, how about,
> void GetFileName(c_in_out<std::string> path, const std::string
> &filter) {

[snip]
 
Gosh!, I can't resist... the API above is poor style, AFAICT.
No wonder you are having tons of problems.

You should just return the string. I suggest that you take a peek
at the boost filesystem library for better API designs. Specifically:

    http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/path.htm

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