What's so bad about ref parameters?

Question

I\'m faced with a situation that I think can only be solved by using a ref parameter. However, this will mean changing a method to always accept a ref parameter when I only

Answer 1

ref is just a tool. You should think: What is the best design pattern for what I am building?

• Sometimes will be better to use an overloaded method.

• Others will be better to return a custom type or a tuple.

• Others will be better to use a global variable.

• And others ref will be the right decision.