[Coco] question C++

[T. Franklin]

...and now to throw a monkey wrench in the mix...

Everyone is actually talking about code in "C" not "C++". The CoCo doesn't now or probably will never support "C++". Although "C++" is a super-set of "C", it's pretty much an entirely different language.

And now for the monkey wench...

void function::function( passed& data )
{
 ...
}

The "&" in this "C++" example isn't a pointer. It's a "Reference" which is an entirely different beast (monkey). It acts like a pointer but is actually passing a reference to an object.

A structure pointer in would be used like this:

void function( struct name* data )
{
 data->item = value;
}

A reference would be used like this:

void function::function( name& data )
{
 data.item = value;
}

Confused yet? LMAO!!!

-Pilot


-----Original Message-----
From: John Kent [mailto:jekent at optusnet.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [Coco] question C++

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