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More often than not, I want the in-place version. When dealing with a significant amount of data, it's better not to make unnecessary copies. What is your argum
by andreasvc 12y ago
More often than not, I want the in-place version. When dealing with a significant amount of data, it's better not to make unnecessary copies. What is your argument for wanting to discourage mutation? Either way, the argument of the parent comment is clear, it's best to follow established naming conventions.
- shoyer 12y agoThis stack overflow discussion summarizes pros of immutability reasonably well: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1863515/pros-cons-of-immutability-vs-mutability http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1863515/pros-cons-of-immu... The main reason is that mutable objects are more complex and thus harder to reason about (which leads to more bugs).