Re: [Vala] Reference to "this pointer" ?

[Nor Jaidi Tuah <norjaidi tuah ubd edu bn>]

> Isn't this a pointer to actual instance of a class (reference) ?
>
> What I want is to add the instance of a class do a GenericArray, but
> not a copy.
>
> And is what the actually the function does, and works ok, except by
> the part of pass the "this".

A ref argument is a pointer to the pointer of the instance!
If you just want a pointer, remove 'ref'.

   void test(objtype t) {...}

t is a pointer to the original instance, NOT a copy.

Similarly, in

   objtype x = t;

x is NOT a copy of t. x and t refer to the same instance.


Nice day
Nor Jaidi Tuah



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