On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 21:39 +0200, Serge Hulne wrote:
What is the Vala syntax to express that : b is a alias of a (or b points to the same address that a or b is a reference to a). Is there a way to express this in vala or does *assignment always mean memory allocation* in Vala.
I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure that with classes, assignment means setting the variable to point to the object, and increasing the object's reference count. I'm not entirely sure what happens with structures though.
In other terms : How do you store references to variables (or pointers to variables) in, say, a container (a libgee data structure) while avoiding duplication of said data.
Use the variables directly.
In C or C++ this would be done with pointers (or references).
Most variables in vala are pointers to objects. Sam
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