T SortedList<T>::Delete(void) {
T temp(m_pFront->GetData());
// do the deletion logic
return temp;
}
Force return-by-reference function to make a copy?
If you really wanted to do this you could use:
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If you really wanted to do this you could use:
T SortedList<T>::Delete(void) {
T temp(m_pFront->GetData());
// do the deletion logic
return temp;
}
Wait...so is the C-style initialization the only way to copy the reference value? In other words, this does work / is not allowed?
T noCopy = m_pFront->GetData();
That should work if T has a copy constructor. It will make a copy though, so noCopy is not a good name for the variable ;)
T temp(initializer); and T temp = initializer; will both create a copy of the the object. However, the first form is a direct initializer and the second form is a copy initializer. Under most circumstances you can treat them as the same, but there are times when the first will work but the second won't.
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