olafbuddenha...@gmx.net, le Fri 23 Sep 2011 03:26:21 +0200, a écrit : > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 08:54:09AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > olafbuddenha...@gmx.net, le Mon 12 Sep 2011 20:15:36 +0200, a écrit : > > > > > Why no "in" or "out" before parameter "device" ? > > > > > > Well, I would have said that the first parameter is just special. > > > (It's the port on which the RPC was invoked; basically it's only > > > there to give it a name.) However, I just saw that device_open() > > > also has other parameters without a direction... > > > > These other parameters are integers or constant character arrays, so > > they are implictly in. > > Maybe I'm missing something, but I fail to see why integers or character > arrays would by any more implicitly IN than other types?...
Because they can't be OUT. > Perhaps IN is simply the default in general, and it's only explicitly > specified in most interfaces for clearity? But that's pure speculation > of course :-) IIRC somebody said so earlier. Samuel
