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

From: Gregory Colvin (gregory.colvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-04 21:48:34

On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 20:29 America/Denver, Noel Yap wrote:
>> From what I understand, then:
> - you want to find where variables are modified
> - you propose having in_out<> for in/out parameters
> - you propose having out<> for out parameters but don't propose
> preventing using it for in/out parameters

So is there any point to distinguishing out and in_out ?

> - you may want in<> for in parameters

Why is in<> any better than const& ?