Re: carrays: getitem to return a reference

Hello David,

Tuesday, November 18, 2003, 8:35:54 PM, you wrote:

DB> Kerim Borchaev writes:
DB>  > Hello swig,
DB>  > 
DB>  >     today carrays getitem method returns copy of held object:
DB>  > //carrays.i
DB>  > TYPE getitem(int index) {
DB>  >   return self[index];
DB>  > }
DB>  > 
DB>  >     what works for me is getitem returning reference:
DB>  > TYPE* getitem(int index) {
DB>  >   return self+index;
DB>  > }
DB>  >     Is it an acceptable change? I think it would be consistent with
DB>  >     how indexing works in c/c++ and python(don't know about other
DB>  >     languages).
DB>  >   

DB> No.   The carrays module is not intended to be used with arrays of
DB> objects other than primitive types.   Making this change will break
DB> all of the code that relies on this.

  Yes. I see just before I saw you answer I've already tested it with
  "int".
  It's not a heart-break. I'll just copy'n'paste carrays.i code. But it
  would be better to use "standard" library...

Best regards,
 Kerim                            mailto:warkid@xxxxxxxxx


DB> -- Dave


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