Re: In-Out Parameters for functions

From: Hyman Rosen (hyrosen_at_mail.com)
Date: 02/24/04


Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:51:44 -0500

David Starner wrote:
> And there are many people who would be astonished if it matters
> and feel compelled to go find the author and beat them over the
> head with the ARM.

As I have said over and over again, the problematic case is when
it matters, and no one notices, and the compiler happens to do
what you want. Then a change in environment could result in the
order changing, and all of a sudden, code mysteriously breaks.