Re: simple reference "for each" question
NL wrote:
Hi,
try
for each(Foo &f in FooVector)
I tried that, it gives an error:
error C2440: 'static_cast' : cannot convert from 'const Foo' to 'Foo
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Sorry. I use the boost library and the code would look like
BOOST_FOREACH( Foo &f, FooVector )
I guess I'll switch over to the boost macro, since I'm already using
other boost stuff in the project. I was leaning toward the MS version
of for,each,in since it looks more elegant, but I guess it's limited
to "read-only".
Also the lack of thorough documentation on it leads me to think it may
be somewhat temporary.
You can use a const reference to avoid copies:
struct Foo {
int a;
}
vector<Foo> FooVector;
for each(const Foo& f in FooVector )
{
...
}
AFAIK using const_cast should work in this case:
for each(const Foo& f in FooVector )
{
const_cast<Foo&>(f).a = some_new_value;
}
A general solution could be:
template<typename T>
class noconst_ref_ptr
{
T* m_ptr;
public:
noconst_ref_ptr(const T& ref) : m_ptr(const_cast<T*>(&ref))
{
}
T* operator->()
{
return m_ptr;
}
};
....
for each(noconst_ref_ptr<Foo> f in FooVector )
{
f->a = some_new_value;
}
At your own risk, or use BOOSR_FOREACH, std::for_each or for :-)
Regards
--
Cholo Lennon
Bs.As.
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