If I am passing a variable by reference to another routine by reference, do
I need to dereference first?
string testString;
....
FirstSub(ref firstString)
{
HandleString(re f firstString); //do I need to de
reference here or just pass theString without the "ref"
}
void HandleString(re f theString)
{
Console.WriteLi ne(thestring);
}
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Mike <vi********@yah oo.com> wrote: I think a success/failure or status return is quite handy:
if ( DoSomething( a, b, ref out c, ref out d)) // we're golden
This was especially true before nullable values, where it may be hard to determine from the out params whether the function even suceeded if results are allowed to be null. As most functional languages have an implcit notion of success/failure (where failure sometimes results in backtracking if the language supports it) even if programming c# in a functional style, I don't think returning true/false is so bad.
That's okay *sometimes* - but only sometimes. Unless you think people
are likely to call the method a significant amount in a "failure" case
(as per Double.TryParse etc) I'd favour an exception instead. It's far
more informative than a return value, and is a lot harder to
accidentally ignore.
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"Mike" <vi********@yah oo.com> wrote in message
news:ec******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP03.phx.gbl... This was especially true before nullable values, where it may be hard to determine from the out params whether the function even suceeded if results are allowed to be null. As most functional languages have an implcit notion of success/failure (where failure sometimes results in backtracking if the language supports it) even if programming c# in a functional style, I don't think returning true/false is so bad.
It is if it's in place of an exception. So often I see code like this:
bool SetSomeValueInS omeList(int index, object value)
{
if(index < 0 || index >= mylist.Count) return false;
mylist[index] = value;
return true;
}
Michael
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.co m> wrote in message
news:MP******** *************** *@msnews.micros oft.com... That's okay *sometimes* - but only sometimes. Unless you think people are likely to call the method a significant amount in a "failure" case (as per Double.TryParse etc) I'd favour an exception instead. It's far more informative than a return value, and is a lot harder to accidentally ignore.
Plus a lot more consistant. :-)
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