Re: LINQ vs Delphi

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:00:48 +0200, "Mike B" <mbrindley@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>"Martin James" <mjames_falcon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>
>> All calls by address should have some
>> indication at the caller, @, &, something anyway.
>>
>What do you think the "var" keyword stands for?
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>This essentially means "address", which can be either typed or untyped.
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>I don't understand what your concern is.
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>Mike
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>

Obviously. You don't put /var/ in the actual argument list, it
goes in the formal parameter list. His concern, and mine too for
that matter, is that it makes the code less clear when reading the
*calling* code, that a parameter passed might be chaged by the
called routine.

In C# this is obvious since the /ref/ keyword is present -in the
call-. In C this is obvious since & is present -in the call-.
In Delphi it is not obvious without looking at the formal parameter
list.

Oz
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