xxxInPlace or xxxCopy?

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Wed Jan 19 19:22:02 PST 2011


On 1/19/11 8:36 PM, so wrote:
>> And honestly, from the standpoint of code simplicity and
>> understandability,
>> there's a lot to be said for making copies being the default rather than
>> mutation. You can then use the InPlace versions if you need the boost in
>> efficiency.
>>
>> - Jonathan M Davis
>
> Isn't simplicity and understandability favors the in-place style on
> these type of algorithms?
> As Jesse Phillips said, it is same as sort.

We also have toupperInPlace and tolowerInPlace as precedents pointing 
the other way.

Andrei


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