On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Seth Fowler <s...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> I’d like to change the coding style guide to let us make out-params more > obvious by using an ‘o’ prefix for their name instead of an ‘a’. For > example, > > nsresult Modify(int aCount, size_t aSize, char* oResult); > > This will make it clear just from the declaration of a function or method > which parameters are out-params. XPCOM requires us to use out-params a lot, > and I’ve found that determining when it’s happening often requires me to > look at the code for the method, especially since we frequently use pointer > arguments for efficiency or because the argument is optional. > > Seems to me like a substantial gain in readability for little or no cost. What fraction of these cases can't be distinguished by making non-out ref/pointer parameters const? -Ekr _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
