question about ref keyword
ag0aep6g
anonymous at example.com
Thu Mar 18 17:46:49 UTC 2021
On Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 16:59:24 UTC, Jack wrote:
> let's assume this class:
>
> class C
> {
> private S m_s;
>
> this()
> {
> m_s = S(30);
> }
>
> ref S value() { return m_s; }
> ref S value(ref S s)
> {
> return m_s = s;
> }
> }
>
> and I do something like this:
>
> auto s1 = S(40);
> auto c = new C();
> c.value = s1;
> s1.n = 80;
>
>
> give that value has ref in its signature, the s1 is passed as a
> "pointer" right?
right
> also, when I do: m_s = s; m_s is a copy of s1 or a reference to
> it?
a copy
> setting s1.n to 80 in the next line doesn't seem to change
> c.value so it seems it passed s1 as a pointer but when it comes
> to assignment a copy was made?
You got it.
If you want the pointer, you can get it taking the address of s:
`S* p = &s;`.
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