Explicitly saying ref or out when invoking a function
Ary Borenszweig
ary at esperanto.org.ar
Tue Aug 11 08:40:52 PDT 2009
In C# when you define a function that takes an out or ref parameter,
when invoking that function you must also specify ref or out. For example:
void fun(ref uint x, double y);
uint a = 1;
double b = 2;
fun(ref a, b);
When I first started using C# it really annoyed me that I had to put
that keyword there just to get my program compiled. "I know what I'm
doing", I thought. But later, when reading the code, I found it very
helpful to know that my "a" could be changed when invoking "fun". As
always, code is read much more times than written, and I think this
little tips help better understand the code.
What do you think?
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