ref type versus ptr type on input
John Colvin
john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com
Sun Dec 29 12:00:25 PST 2013
On Sunday, 29 December 2013 at 19:42:39 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
> If I want to write a function that operates on a struct
>
> struct S { }
>
> What are the differences between:
>
> void(S* s)
s is a pointer to an instance of S, in the raw C sense.
> void(ref S s)
s can be used as a normal S, but changes are visible to the
caller. It can be imagined as a pointer behind the scenes.
>
> Also, for my general knowledge, is there a way to set default
> function parameters, such as scope or lazy?
I don't fully understand what you mean by this.
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