On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Matt Emson wrote:
> > Normally the performance hit is nearly zero. > > No copying is done, only a reference count is increased. As it is a > > const, it cannot be assigned to anyway, so there will be no copy-on- > > write operation. > > > > It is always a good idea to use 'Const' parameters as it will stop you > from > > assigning values to the parameter in your procedure. Just proper coding. > > I was revering to his use of 'var s: string' as one of the params in his > functions. That is baaad. That *will* potentially make the proverbial poopy > hit the fan if he changes it in any way in the routine. This is correct, of course :-) Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
