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 ==== Example 1: CreateProcess and how it is avoided ==== ==== Example 1: CreateProcess and how it is avoided ====
  
-The Windows API function [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425(v=vs.85).aspx|CreateProcess]] takes ten arguments most of which are even optional. The function is cumbersome to use and hard to read because of the large number of parameters. Developers tend to avoid the use of the function and use simpler ones like [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762153(VS.85).aspx|ShellExecute]] (which still has six parameters) instead, or write wrapper functions for it. Some might be even tempted to use [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms687393(VS.85).aspx|WinExec]] which is very easy to use bur deprecated. In contrast to that the .NET method [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.diagnostics.process.start(v=vs.110).aspx|Process.Start]] can often be called with just one parameter.+The Windows API function [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425(v=vs.85).aspx|CreateProcess]] takes ten arguments most of which are even optional. The function is cumbersome to use and hard to read because of the large number of parameters. Developers tend to avoid the use of the function and use simpler ones like [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762153(VS.85).aspx|ShellExecute]] (which still has six parameters) instead, or write wrapper functions for it. Some might be even tempted to use [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms687393(VS.85).aspx|WinExec]] which is very easy to use but deprecated. In contrast to that the .NET method [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.diagnostics.process.start(v=vs.110).aspx|Process.Start]] can often be called with just one parameter.
  
  
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 Discuss this wiki article and the anti-pattern on the corresponding [[talk:anti-patterns:Long Parameter List|talk page]]. Discuss this wiki article and the anti-pattern on the corresponding [[talk:anti-patterns:Long Parameter List|talk page]].
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