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Having all parameters to be read-only is a deal breaker for me.

• andrewstuart 9y ago
  There's got to be a good reason why though?
  • r3m3mb3rm3 9y ago
    Honestly, I can't think of anything that is not bullshit. Having to declare a new variable for each parameter that you need to manipulate makes the code a lot messier.
    • MarkMc 9y ago
      It's a trade-off. Yes, the code is messier for the 20% of functions where the input is manipulated. For the remaining 80% it makes it slightly easier to analyse the behaviour of the function.
      • r3m3mb3rm3 9y ago
        I understand that. But I think it's better to let the programmer decide whether their parameters are mutable or not. Then you don't have to compromise.
• j_m_b 9y ago
  OK now that's weird..