Re: [Libxmlplusplus-general] const std::string& return types.

[Christophe de Vienne <cdevienne alphacent com>]

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On Lundi 9 Décembre 2002 21:51, Murray Cumming wrote:
> Here's another reason to use e.g.
> std::string get_content() const;
> instead of
> const std::string& content() const;
>
>
> It makes it difficult to change the API's implementation. For instance,
> you can't return a local "".

I was about to accept this suggestion (really).
Let's say we change all just after the bugfix release.

BTW I had the confirmation that gcc 3.x implements the COW in the std::string 
type.


Cheers,

Christophe

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