parameter passing by reference is performant bug might be insecure. about terasology

[jdrueckert]

Associated Secure Code Guidelines: https://www.ing.iac.es//~docs/external/java/pmd/rules/sunsecure.html

While I agree that the code was likely written the way it was because the main focus was on performance, personally coming from a security point of view, I'm hesitant to just accept this as "likely not a problem in game development" without a proper criticality assessment of this security flaw - in particular as the respective PMD findings occurred in type handler code which is exposed enough to be of concern, especially in a multiplayer setup.