>>Is there any reason to not pass file handles as parameters to methods?
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>>I have a class that formats data into html...
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>>=fwrite(f,htmlformat.td(table.field))
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>>This writes

'<td>My Data</td>'

to file handle f.
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>>I could save a lot of coding if it is an ok practice to pass the file handle. Therefore it would become...
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>>htmlformat.td(f,table.field)
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>>...with the fwrite happening in the method.
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>No, there's no reason not to, but, as Michel mentioned, it's better design to create a class wrapping the low level file I/O routines. The reason for this is two fold.
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>One, you can store the file handle in a custom property. This means that the individual routines don't have to be passed the value, and, thus, are more cohesive.
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>Two, when the object is destroyed, you can release the handle in the Destroy event regardless of whether or not the object's destruction is intentional or not.


Thank you both!