Re: Should out/ref parameters require the caller to specify out/ref like in C#?

[Stefan Koch via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 28 May 2017 at 17:54:30 UTC, WebFreak001 wrote:

Imagine you wrote a function

void foo(ref int a) {
  if (std.random.uniform(0, 10) == 0)
    a = 0;
  // Actual code doing something
}

[...]

Syntax wise we could force you to say foo(&something).
Which fits perfectly in the existing pointer syntax.