(C++) Exercise #2: correct function declarations

 

Difficulty: 2/10

Date added: 16th of June 2008

 

In this exercise, you must argue why all the ten function declarations below are strange and how these can be improved. Assume all correct header files are #included and all user-defined data types are defined.

 

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// 0) Get the number of rows in a database const int GetRows(const Database d);   // 1) Declare the main function void main();   // 2) Set a value in a y-x-ordered 2D-vector void Set(std::vector<std::vector<double> >& v, const int y, const int x, const double value);   // 3) Get the sum of a std::vector const int Sum(std::vector<int> v);   // 4) Swap two values const int Swap(int& a, int& b);   // 5) Put the text 'Hello' on screen and return an error code const int SayHello(); //Return an integer error code   // 6) Set a value in an x-y-ordered 2D-vector void Set(std::vector<std::vector<double> >& v, const int& i, const int& j, const double& value);   // 7) Calculate the mean and standard deviation of a std::vector const double MeanAndStdDev(const std::vector<double>& v, double& mean);   // 8) Display a Widget on screen using std::cout void CoutWidget(const Widget& w);   // 9) Assign a color to a certain square on a Rubiks' cube void SetSquare(const Square& s, const Color& c, RubiksCube& c);

 

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