Re: out equivalent in MC++

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From: Tomas Restrepo \(MVP\) (tomasr_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:48:49 -0500

Hi Danil,

> Yeah, when I answered I was thinking at the standard C++.
>
> Anyway I do not see why anyone would use
> > System::Runtime::InteropServices::OutAttribute attribute.
>
> when it can use a reference or a pointer unless it has to write a piece of
> code that needs to work with C# and it this case probably it will use your
> solution.

Ahh, that ;) Well, explicitness would be one reason (and if you're writing
managed code, then you *should* be thinking about how things are going to
look from the outside, or at least that's my opinion). 

-- 
Tomas Restrepo
tomasr@mvps.org

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