✅ Function argument class reference / clone (best practice(s))
Hello,
I'm a total newbie in
When writing a function what are the best practices to tell the caller (I'm mostly interested with a
I read the documentation (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/method-parameters) and it clearly says about reference types (such as
How do you know in which case you are when calling a method / function ? (I hope my questions make sense, I apologize if it doesn't
-> I don't want to modify a value / variable and have unintended impact (same reference) on another variable)
Thank you very much in advance for any help
I'm a total newbie in
C#. I mostly come from Rust and C/C++.When writing a function what are the best practices to tell the caller (I'm mostly interested with a
class (since they are reference types)):- The parameter will be taken (owned by the
classfrom the called method) - You can use it after since the argument will be cloned (is it a good practice ? is
ICloneablea good practice ?) - The argument will be modified after calling the method / function (is
refthe standard ?)
Clone() in C# to make sure a value lives on it's own ? Is it commonly used ?I read the documentation (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/method-parameters) and it clearly says about reference types (such as
class):The called method can't reassign the instance in the calling method. However, the called method can use the copy of the reference to access the instance members. If the called method changes an instance member, the calling method also sees those changes since it references the same instance.
How do you know in which case you are when calling a method / function ? (I hope my questions make sense, I apologize if it doesn't
-> I don't want to modify a value / variable and have unintended impact (same reference) on another variable)Thank you very much in advance for any help
Parameter modifiers enable pass-by-reference semantics, with distinctions for read-only, and
out parameters. The params modifier allows optional arguments.
