Re: ObjC question
Re: ObjC question
- Subject: Re: ObjC question
- From: Tony Romano <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:38:12 -0800
- Thread-topic: ObjC question
Thanks for the reference.
For the record, I wasn't the one suggesting to pass a local address into a container. :-)
On Feb 21, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Tony Romano wrote: Yep, I will join that list.
You example will pass in the address of the local variable and not the one contained in the object(I.e the address is off the stack and not in the memory space of the object). I wouldn't use the term smelly :-). What I am trying to do is pass in a reference to a pointer. The code is from an insert routine for a btree, recursive version to make it a bit clearer of my intentions.
I think that Quincy was referring to a term from Agile programming called "code smells".
When your code "smells" funny, it means that there's something not right about it, and you should look at it for a possible refactoring and/or as a source of bugs.
In this case, inserting the address of a local variable into a container is a code smell. ;-) It may not be incorrect, but it's possible/likely that it is. -- Marshall
Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:email@hidden>
A.D. 1517: Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the church door and is promptly moderated down to (-1, Flamebait).
-- Yu Suzuki |
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