Re: [Libxmlplusplus-general] set_*() methods that return the input.

[Christophe de Vienne <cdevienne netcourrier com>]

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On Samedi 16 Novembre 2002 23:45, Murray Cumming wrote:
> Some set_*() methods are like this:
> const std::string& set_something(const std::string& something);
>
> I really don't see the point of the return value. May I simplify this?

yes. In fact I don't like it much too. If user wants to get the assigned value 
just after the set, he can do a get. But most of the time it's not needed.

>
> I assume that I haven't yet convinced you that const-reference return
> values are a bad idea in general?

well, no. But I'm still thinking about it. So I may say a word about it one 
day or another :-)

Cheers,

Christophe
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