At 12:08 AM 1/2/2002 -0600, Michael Sims wrote:
>At 09:27 AM 1/2/2002 +1100, Ignatius Teo wrote:
>>Isn't passing by reference a "no-no" is terms of good programming? At least
>>that's what I was told when I studied programming about 12 years ago?
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>>Ignatius
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>Not sure...do you recall the reaso
At 09:27 AM 1/2/2002 +1100, Ignatius Teo wrote:
>Isn't passing by reference a "no-no" is terms of good programming? At least
>that's what I was told when I studied programming about 12 years ago?
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>Ignatius
Not sure...do you recall the reasons that were given when you were told that?
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passing by reference is in itself a "bad thing"perhaps a necessary
>evil.
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>All I'm saying is have the "rules" changed since I left Uni?
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>Ignatius
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> Some teachers will say this just because they think students are dumb. The
> reasoning behind it is that 'if we teach them to pass by ref
Some teachers will say this just because they think students are dumb. The
reasoning behind it is that 'if we teach them to pass by reference some
other dumb programmer can accidentally change values around and break
stuff!' Simpletons!
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>Isn't passing by reference a "no-no" is terms of good p
