• clayasaurus <clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> May 14 2004
• Daniel Horn <hellcatv hotmail.com> May 14 2004
• clayasaurus <clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> May 14 2004
• "Vathix" <vathixSpamFix dprogramming.com> May 14 2004

clayasaurus <clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> writes:

hello, I'm in a bit of a rut here with D. What I want to do is pass a pointer to
a function and have that function change it's value. For example, in C you can
use

function(int *bob)
{
bob = 6; 
}

main()
{
int bob = 7;
function(&bob);
// bob now equals 6
}

I've tried this in D, but D doesn't have the & keyword and D segfaults when I
try to change the value of a declared pointer. Like if i do

int *bob; 
*bob = 7; 

i get a segmentation fault probably due to D's garbage collector or something.
anyways, all I'm asking is what is the D equivilent of pointers that you can
pass to functions and change their value? thanks. 

Daniel Horn <hellcatv hotmail.com> writes:

void function (inout int bob) ...

then you don't need to dereference.


clayasaurus wrote:
 hello, I'm in a bit of a rut here with D. What I want to do is pass a pointer
to
 a function and have that function change it's value. For example, in C you can
 use
 
 function(int *bob)
 {
 bob = 6; 
 }
 
 main()
 {
 int bob = 7;
 function(&bob);
 // bob now equals 6
 }
 
 I've tried this in D, but D doesn't have the & keyword and D segfaults when I
 try to change the value of a declared pointer. Like if i do
 
 int *bob; 
 *bob = 7; 
 
 i get a segmentation fault probably due to D's garbage collector or something.
 anyways, all I'm asking is what is the D equivilent of pointers that you can
 pass to functions and change their value? thanks. 
 
 

clayasaurus <clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <c836e1$19cn$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Daniel Horn says...
void function (inout int bob) ...

then you don't need to dereference.


wow, that's pretty sweet & simple. D is awesome. 

"Vathix" <vathixSpamFix dprogramming.com> writes:

"clayasaurus" <clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:c835qs$18ji$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 hello, I'm in a bit of a rut here with D. What I want to do is pass a


 a function and have that function change it's value. For example, in C you


 use

 function(int *bob)
 {
 bob = 6;
 }

 main()
 {
 int bob = 7;
 function(&bob);
 // bob now equals 6
 }

 I've tried this in D, but D doesn't have the & keyword and D segfaults


 try to change the value of a declared pointer. Like if i do


D does have C's & operator. You must specify a return type in functions, and
the word 'function' is a keyword. This works:

void func(int *bob)
{
*bob = 6;
}

int main()
{
int bob = 7;
func(&bob);
// bob now equals 6
return 0;
}


 int *bob;
 *bob = 7;

 i get a segmentation fault probably due to D's garbage collector or


 anyways, all I'm asking is what is the D equivilent of pointers that you


 pass to functions and change their value? thanks.


This will most likely not work in C either; and it's better off not working
because if it does work, it'll just end up corrupting something. bob must
point somewhere:

int foo;
int *bob = &foo; // or use 'new', etc.
*bob = 7;


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Christopher E. Miller