Is it bad to completely ignore this behavior? For instance, something like:
Dog d = new Dog("fido");
d = alterDog(d);
public Dog alterDog(Dog d) {
d.name="arfybark";
return d;
}
It's not quite a pure function since it changes it in place, but at least the parameters and return types reflect the method. I ran across a term for this practice in the past but don't remember what it's called.
Dog d = new Dog("fido"); d = alterDog(d);
public Dog alterDog(Dog d) { d.name="arfybark"; return d; }
It's not quite a pure function since it changes it in place, but at least the parameters and return types reflect the method. I ran across a term for this practice in the past but don't remember what it's called.