[Development] QTextStream::readLine(0) is an ambiguous overload in 5.5

[Smith Martin]

How do you get bitten by an out-reference?

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From: development-bounces+martin.smith=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org <development-bounces+martin.smith=theqtcompany.com at qt-project.org> on behalf of Giuseppe D'Angelo <dangelog at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 9:43 PM
To: Marc Mutz
Cc: development at qt-project.org
Subject: Re: [Development] QTextStream::readLine(0) is an ambiguous overload in 5.5

On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Marc Mutz <marc.mutz at kdab.com> wrote:
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> *Any* form of out parameter is bad code policy. Much better in virtually all
> cases to return multiple values in a small struct.

No, I was simply referring to the specific case of using pointers
instead of references. I've been bitten too many times by
out-references. Then whether we should ban out-arguments is another
story entirely...

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Giuseppe D'Angelo
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