Re: best way to compare two structs value-wise
"Fabian" wrote:
I have a struct defined as follows:
class ImageMetrics
{
public:
ImageMetrics(): Width(0), Height(0), BitsPerSample(0),
SamplesPerPixel(0), BytesPerPixel(0){}
int Width;
int Height;
int BitsPerSample;
int SamplesPerPixel;
int BytesPerPixel;
};
which is defined __dllexport. I have to compare whether two
instances have
the same values (and I wanto to avoid comparing the members).
Just using "=="
obviously doesn't work.
If your struct consists only of plain integers, then you can
compare it with `memcmp' function:
ImageMetrics im1 = ...
ImageMetrics im2 = ...
if(memcmp(&im1, &im2, sizeof(ImageMetrics)) == 0)
{
// identical
}
You can use `memcmp' withing `operator ==' as well (pay attention
to correct constness):
bool ImageMetrics::operator==(
const ImageMetrics& i_orCmpMetrics) const
{
return (
memcmp(&orCmpMetrics, this, sizeof(ImageMetrics)) == 0
);
}
HTH
Alex
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