Re: Re-use the argument?

"Malcolm McLean" <regniztar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

"Tomás Ó hÉilidhe" <toe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:

Which of these functions would you go with?

unsigned Func(unsigned const x)
{
return 3*x - 2;
}

or:

unsigned Func(unsigned x)
{
x *= 3;
x -= 2;

return x;
}

Generally it is considered bad form to modify an argument to a
function. It makes things a bit more difficult to read.

What a load of nonsense. If its not a const its no more than a local variable.
.

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