Re: Procedure PR/PI question

If you want to the called procedure to change the parameter data, why
wouldn't you just pass the correct type by reference? There is no
difference in performance between passing a parameter by reference and
passing a pointer by value, but there is a gigantic difference in
maintainability.

On 5/2/2013 5:41 AM, john erps wrote:

So if performance was not an issue at all i would use "value" everytime,
and a pointer with "value" only if i want to pass data back (change the
data from the called procedure).

If you want to the called procedure to change the parameter data, why
wouldn't you just pass the correct type by reference? There is no
difference in performance between passing a parameter by reference and
passing a pointer by value, but there is a gigantic difference in
maintainability.

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