Re: Find error
yayalee1983@gmail.com wrote:
is there any error in the following code?
class PrettyMenu
{
public:
void changebackground(std::istream& new);
private:
mutex fmutex;
image *fimage;
int changenum;//record the change times
}
void changebackgroud(std::istream& new)
{
lock(&fmutex);
delete fimage;
++changnum;
fimage=new image(new);
unlock(&fmutex);
}
I am not going to open the standard for this one: even if the code should
turn out formally correct, it should be rewritten anyway.
a) The use of "new" as the name for a parameter should be avoided,
especially if it leads to lines like
fimage = new image (new);
b) The member fimage is a pointer for no reason. Apparently, you allocate
and copy-construct the image anyway (at least in the method shown, the
objects behaves as though it is the exclusive owner of the image), so the
pointer buys you nothing but trouble.
c) The comment for the int is misleading: it makes you think that the int
stores a time stamp.
What about:
class PrettyMenu
{
public:
void changebackground(std::istream& istr);
private:
mutex fmutex;
image fimage;
int changenum;// count the changes
}
void changebackgroud(std::istream& istr)
{
lock(&fmutex);
istr >> fimage;
++changnum;
unlock(&fmutex);
}
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