Re: Understanting assignments

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Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid>

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comp.lang.c++

Date:

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:54:16 -0400

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On 8/25/2010 3:52 PM, Christian Hackl wrote:

Pete Becker ha scritto:

Oh, I see: this is the = instead of == typo. Easily caught by unit tests.

If it's a library used by someone else, then your own unit tests cannot
catch the typo.

I'm quite surprised that such a harmless [*] hint, backed by a
recommendation in of the most recommended C++ books, would cause so much
discussion on the grounds that it's not important enough :)

[*] except of the problem with move semantics, which I had not been
aware of before

When I encounter code

    SomeType const function(arguments...);

then the first thing that springs into my mind is, "it's a typo and the
implementor forgot to add either * or & before the function name..." It
is idiomatic to see

    SomeType function(arguments...);

or

    SomeType const& function(arguments...);

The recommendations to write anything different require (in my book
anyway) that the reason better be important. Harmless hint? No, it's a
step away from very common idioms, you see.

V
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