I typically append "Out" to these parameter names. The o prefix would be more concise. +1
Thanks! Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Fowler" <s...@mozilla.com> To: "dev-platform" <dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 1:35:06 PM Subject: Proposal: Change the coding style guide to allow an 'o' prefix to indicate out-params I’d like to change the coding style guide to let us make out-params more obvious by using an ‘o’ prefix for their name instead of an ‘a’. For example, nsresult Modify(int aCount, size_t aSize, char* oResult); This will make it clear just from the declaration of a function or method which parameters are out-params. XPCOM requires us to use out-params a lot, and I’ve found that determining when it’s happening often requires me to look at the code for the method, especially since we frequently use pointer arguments for efficiency or because the argument is optional. Seems to me like a substantial gain in readability for little or no cost. - Seth _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
