in vs inout

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Thursday, 30 April 2020 at 14:00:40 UTC, Arredondo wrote:
> I had been using inout for some time now for "purely input 
> function parameters".

`inout` is more specifically for things you take in, look at, 
then pass back out. So it forms part of your return value.

`const` is for when you are just looking without returning any of 
it.


scope inout may be more appropriate if you are going to return it 
at all...