http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5850

           Summary: Default arguments of out and ref arguments
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: wrong-code
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: bearophile_hugs@eml.cc


--- Comment #0 from bearophile_hugs@eml.cc 2011-04-16 18:11:29 PDT ---
This D2 program compiles with no errors and runs raising no assert errors:

void foo(out int x=1, ref int y=2) {}
void main() {
    int x, y;
    foo(x, y);
    assert(x == 0 && y == 0);
}


If default arguments for out and ref arguments can't be made to work, then I suggest to disallow them statically.

In Ada (2012) "A default_expression is only allowed in a parameter_specification for a formal parameter of mode in." See point 19 here: http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/12rm/html/RM-6-1.html

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Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE


--- Comment #1 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> 2012-12-11 01:38:32 PST ---
This is related to Issue 7603.

Not that your sample won't compile anymore. What will compile is this:

int outerX = 1;
int outerY;

void foo(out int x = outerX, ref int y = outerY) { y = 2; }

void main()
{
    int innerX, innerY;

    foo(innerX, innerY);
    assert(innerX == 0 && innerY == 2);
    assert(outerX == 1 && outerY == 0);

    foo();
    assert(outerX == 0 && outerY == 2);
}

So 'out' and 'ref' default arguments refer to what variables are referenced, not what values are written. Maybe you should open a documentation enhancement request so the above is added to the docs to clear out any confusion for newbies.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 7603 ***

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