Re: [Cppunit-devel] A new architecture ?

[Duane M. <dua...@ma...>]

--- At Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:23:32 -0700, Duane Murphy wrote:

>There are places for pointers and places for references. If I can use
>references I will. If not I try and use counted pointers. I prefer
>automated memory management to relying on my own poor faculties.
>

I should point out another rule of thumb that I use is that references
should be const and pointers non-const (except for strange things like
const char* :-).

I try and hint at modification. If the paramater is a pointer and it is
non-const likely it will be modified by the function. Clearly const
references are not modifiable parameters. I believe that the standard
also attempts to follow this rule of thumb.

..Duane

p.s.
I am concerned that this will turn into some kind of C++ debate. I was
just bringing up some things that I saw that dont fit the way that I have
learned to do things. We should move forward and focus on CppUnit and
attempt to avoid tangential debates.

My apologies.