Parameter Qualifiers: in, out, const and immutable
Explore how parameter qualifiers like in, out, const, and immutable modify function parameters in D programming. Understand their roles in controlling data flow and ensuring data integrity within functions to write clearer and safer code.
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Parameter qualifiers
Parameters are passed to functions according to the general rules described below:
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Value types are copied, after which the original variable and the copy are independent.
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Reference types are copied as well, but both the original reference and the parameter provide access to the same variable.
Those are the default rules that are applied when parameter definitions have no qualifiers. The following qualifiers change the way parameters are passed and what operations are allowed on them.
in
We have seen that functions can produce values and can have side effects. The in keyword specifies that the parameter is ...