Re: hasMember
James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> wrote in
news:50c2a296-d801-430d-a7d4-0f4e506016a4@j32g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
On Dec 9, 7:01 am, Paavo Helde <myfirstn...@osa.pri.ee> wrote:
bool Cont::getValue(int idx, int& value_out) const
{
std::map<int, int>::const_iterator itr = content.find(idx);
if (itr != content.end()) {
value_out = itr->second;
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
// ...
int x;
if (obj.getValue(idx, x)) {
// x found and valid, do something with x
}
This has the drawback that the lexical scope of x is too broad, but
if this is a very low-level class used only by a couple of slightly
higher- level classes this might be OK.
If his functions are reasonably small, the increased lexical
scope is not a problem. Defining an uninitialized int is more
bothersome.
The int is left uninitialized so a debug implementation can report an
error on incorrect usage (MSVC debug build, for example).
But what's wrong with the pointer solution? That's what I'd
like to know. It's certainly the most idiomatic solution for
this problem.
OP did not like pointers by some reason (too C-like IIRC).
Cheers
Paavo
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