Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:17:49 -0800
On Monday, 13 January 2020 20:06:48 PST connor horman via Std-Proposals wrote:
> I’d recommend having read/write properties return a reference, and
> potentially having read properties return a const reference, and otherwise
> be similar to methods (cv-qualifiers, ref-qualifiers, etc)
So long as that's a recommendation, not required, that's fine.
Because I recommend property getters always return by value, never a
reference. That allows you to change the internal implementation to hold
something different.
> I’d recommend having read/write properties return a reference, and
> potentially having read properties return a const reference, and otherwise
> be similar to methods (cv-qualifiers, ref-qualifiers, etc)
So long as that's a recommendation, not required, that's fine.
Because I recommend property getters always return by value, never a
reference. That allows you to change the internal implementation to hold
something different.
-- Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org Software Architect - Intel System Software Products
Received on 2020-01-14 13:20:26