• skelly vatproducts.com Apr 28 2004
• J Anderson <REMOVEanderson badmama.com.au> Apr 28 2004
• "Ivan Senji" <ivan.senji public.srce.hr> Apr 28 2004
• Andy Friesen <andy ikagames.com> Apr 28 2004
• Andy Friesen <andy ikagames.com> Apr 28 2004
• "Matthew" <matthew.hat stlsoft.dot.org> May 07 2004
• "Ivan Senji" <ivan.senji public.srce.hr> May 08 2004

skelly vatproducts.com writes:

I really like the use of "in" and "out" in argument lists, but
because then the purpose is documented in the code, but is there
a way to return a reference to an object besides using a pointer?

(Note, sometimes it is a builtin type, sometimes not.)

Sam

J Anderson <REMOVEanderson badmama.com.au> writes:

skelly vatproducts.com wrote:

I really like the use of "in" and "out" in argument lists, but
because then the purpose is documented in the code, but is there
a way to return a reference to an object besides using a pointer?

(Note, sometimes it is a builtin type, sometimes not.)

Sam
  


then without using out, and without using a pointer, no.  If your 
talking about class objects, then these are already references (unlike 
C++ but like java).

-- 
-Anderson: http://badmama.com.au/~anderson/

"Ivan Senji" <ivan.senji public.srce.hr> writes:

<skelly vatproducts.com> wrote in message
news:c6og8o$68h$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I really like the use of "in" and "out" in argument lists, but
 because then the purpose is documented in the code, but is there
 a way to return a reference to an object besides using a pointer?


I also wish there was a way but there isn't :(


 (Note, sometimes it is a builtin type, sometimes not.)

 Sam

Andy Friesen <andy ikagames.com> writes:

skelly vatproducts.com wrote:
 I really like the use of "in" and "out" in argument lists, but
 because then the purpose is documented in the code, but is there
 a way to return a reference to an object besides using a pointer?


I'm not sure if this is what you're after, but it's perfectly legal to 
say 'Object* o'.  It behaves like a pointer-pointer would in C++.

  -- andy

Andy Friesen <andy ikagames.com> writes:

Andy Friesen wrote:

 skelly vatproducts.com wrote:
 
 I really like the use of "in" and "out" in argument lists, but
 because then the purpose is documented in the code, but is there
 a way to return a reference to an object *besides using a pointer?*


 
 I'm not sure if this is what you're after, but it's perfectly legal to 
 say 'Object* o'.  It behaves like a pointer-pointer would in C++.


.... whups.  Need more coffee.

  -- andy

"Matthew" <matthew.hat stlsoft.dot.org> writes:

Is it possible to return a struct which wraps a reference?

Doh! No. Structs do not have ctors/dtors.

Maybe that's another argument for it?

<skelly vatproducts.com> wrote in message news:c6og8o$68h$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I really like the use of "in" and "out" in argument lists, but
 because then the purpose is documented in the code, but is there
 a way to return a reference to an object besides using a pointer?

 (Note, sometimes it is a builtin type, sometimes not.)

 Sam

"Ivan Senji" <ivan.senji public.srce.hr> writes:

"Matthew" <matthew.hat stlsoft.dot.org> wrote in message
news:c7hcc0$2878$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Is it possible to return a struct which wraps a reference?


To do this i wrote a class that wraps a value returned, but the problem
is that the returned variable can only be accesed by property.
I have something like

ref!(int) func()
{
    static int x;
    return new ref!(int)(x);
}
...
func().value=5;

 Doh! No. Structs do not have ctors/dtors.


But constructor can be simulated with opCall.
I don't undestand how you mean a struct wraping a reference?

 Maybe that's another argument for it?

 <skelly vatproducts.com> wrote in message


 I really like the use of "in" and "out" in argument lists, but
 because then the purpose is documented in the code, but is there
 a way to return a reference to an object besides using a pointer?

 (Note, sometimes it is a builtin type, sometimes not.)

 Sam