Timeline for Is it OK for a function to modify a parameter
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| Aug 14, 2012 at 8:34 | vote | accept | John Petrak | ||
| Aug 14, 2012 at 8:34 | comment | added | John Petrak | All these answers pretty much sum up our own discussions. This seems to be a question with no real answer. Your statement "Yes, you're returning the same object as you passed in, but it makes the API clearer." pretty much answered our question. | |
| Aug 13, 2012 at 7:07 | comment | added | Independent | I would not return the object if Ira not needed. Thats look like extra processing and memory (over)use. I go för a void or exception, if not of need. Else, i vote för your DTO sample. | |
| Aug 13, 2012 at 6:02 | history | answered | Ben Hughes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |