I wasn't aware of this convention until you pointed out but I agree that we should include it in the guideline.
- Ryosuke On Oct 4, 2011 6:01 PM, "Darin Adler" <da...@apple.com> wrote: > On Oct 4, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > >> It came to my attention that some people are using raw pointers to pass out-arguments (e.g. bug 69366). In my understanding, we use pass by reference for out arguments when they have to be modified in callees. >> >> If there's no objection, I'm going to file a bug & upload a patch to state this explicitly in the style guideline. > > If it’s not already in there, I think you might also want to mention the related rule that encourages the use of the word “get” at the starts of the names of these functions with out arguments. > > -- Darin >
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