Hi,
I wanted to create a vector of const references. Something like this:
vector<const x&y;
where x is a class name.
Is this a valid statement? Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
somewhere else?
PJ.
13  10347 
ragged_hippy wrote:
Hi,
I wanted to create a vector of const references. Something like this:
vector<const x&y;
where x is a class name.
Is this a valid statement? Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
somewhere else?
It is not portable. const& is not assignable and therefore not a valid
container element.
On Mar 7, 12:28 pm, "ragged_hip py" <pranes...@gmai l.comwrote:
I wanted to create a vector of const references. Something like this:
vector<const x&y;
where x is a class name.
Is this a valid statement? Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
somewhere else?
Did you try it? Any compiler will instantly tell you whether pointers
to references are allowed. (Hint: they're not, but vector requires
pointers to its containees.)
Cheers! --M
"ragged_hip py" <pr*******@gmai l.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ s48g2000cws.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,
I wanted to create a vector of const references.
Why?
Something like this:
vector<const x&y;
where x is a class name.
Not valid.
>
Is this a valid statement?
No.
Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
No.
Standard library containers store objects. References
are not objects. References are alternate names for
existing objects.
somewhere else?
No.
You can, however, store pointers in your vector, since
pointers are objects.
Perhaps if you describe what problem you're trying to
solve, we might be able to give advice.
-Mike
On Mar 7, 11:58 am, "Mike Wahler" <mkwah...@mkwah ler.netwrote:
"ragged_hip py" <pranes...@gmai l.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ s48g2000cws.goo glegroups.com.. .
Hi,
I wanted to create a vector of const references.
Why?
Something like this:
vector<const x&y;
where x is a class name.
Not valid.
Is this a valid statement?
No.
Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
No.
Standard library containers store objects. References
are not objects. References are alternate names for
existing objects.
somewhere else?
No.
You can, however, store pointers in your vector, since
pointers are objects.
Perhaps if you describe what problem you're trying to
solve, we might be able to give advice.
-Mike
Okay....I am trying to not use extra memory if possible.
I have this list of objects as a private member of a container. And I
have a public method defined in this container, that will take a
reference to vector buffer as a parameter and fill it up with objects
that it contains. If the vector for buffer is a vector of the object,
then all objects will be copied into this buffer. So, I thought may be
a vector of references might be better. But yes I immediately got his
huge set of compiler errors which I didn't expect.
Does this make sense?
-PJ.
"ragged_hip py" <pr*******@gmai l.comwrote in message
news:11******** *************@j 27g2000cwj.goog legroups.com...
On Mar 7, 11:58 am, "Mike Wahler" <mkwah...@mkwah ler.netwrote:
>"ragged_hipp y" <pranes...@gmai l.comwrote in message
news:11******* *************** @s48g2000cws.go oglegroups.com. ..
Hi,
I wanted to create a vector of const references.
Why?
Something like this:
vector<const x&y;
where x is a class name.
Not valid.
Is this a valid statement?
No.
Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
No.
Standard library containers store objects. References
are not objects. References are alternate names for
existing objects.
somewhere else?
No.
You can, however, store pointers in your vector, since
pointers are objects.
Perhaps if you describe what problem you're trying to
solve, we might be able to give advice.
-Mike
Okay....I am trying to not use extra memory if possible.
I have this list of objects as a private member of a container. And I
have a public method defined in this container, that will take a
reference to vector buffer as a parameter and fill it up with objects
that it contains. If the vector for buffer is a vector of the object,
then all objects will be copied into this buffer. So, I thought may be
a vector of references might be better. But yes I immediately got his
huge set of compiler errors which I didn't expect.
Does this make sense?
-PJ.
So just store them as a vector of pointers.
std::vector<x*>
On Mar 7, 1:09 pm, "ragged_hip py" <pranes...@gmai l.comwrote:
[snip]
I have this list of objects as a private member of a container.
[snip]
Maybe instead of making some other container to hold this
data, you can keep holding it where it is. Maybe you can
add the functionality you want to the class that is already
doing the work of holding the data.
Alternatively, maybe the class that is doing the work of
holding this data isn't the right spot for it. Maybe it
should be held someplace else, and the work done to it
over there as well.
That is to say, possibly you have some refactoring to do.
Socks
"mlimber" <ml*****@gmail. comwrote in news:1173289964 .171996.249820@
30g2000cwc.goog legroups.com:
On Mar 7, 12:28 pm, "ragged_hip py" <pranes...@gmai l.comwrote:
>I wanted to create a vector of const references. Something like this:
vector<const x&y;
where x is a class name.
Is this a valid statement? Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
somewhere else?
Did you try it? Any compiler will instantly tell you whether pointers
to references are allowed. (Hint: they're not, but vector requires
pointers to its containees.)
Since when? Vectors contain copies of their contained objects, not
pointers to them.
On Mar 7, 1:59 pm, Andre Kostur <nntps...@kostu r.netwrote:
"mlimber" <mlim...@gmail. comwrote in news:1173289964 .171996.249820@
30g2000cwc.goog legroups.com:
On Mar 7, 12:28 pm, "ragged_hip py" <pranes...@gmai l.comwrote:
I wanted to create a vector of const references. Something like this:
vector<const x&y;
where x is a class name.
Is this a valid statement? Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
somewhere else?
Did you try it? Any compiler will instantly tell you whether pointers
to references are allowed. (Hint: they're not, but vector requires
pointers to its containees.)
Since when? Vectors contain copies of their contained objects, not
pointers to them.
But vectors dynamically allocate the contained objects, which in turn
requires a pointer to the value type.
Cheers! --M
"mlimber" <ml*****@gmail. comwrote in news:1173294762 .235842.253370
@j27g2000cwj.go oglegroups.com:
On Mar 7, 1:59 pm, Andre Kostur <nntps...@kostu r.netwrote:
>"mlimber" <mlim...@gmail. comwrote in news:1173289964 .171996.249820@
30g2000cwc.goo glegroups.com:
On Mar 7, 12:28 pm, "ragged_hip py" <pranes...@gmai l.comwrote:
I wanted to create a vector of const references. Something like this:
>vector<const x&y;
>where x is a class name.
>Is this a valid statement? Will this work if I use a reference of 'y'
somewhere else?
Did you try it? Any compiler will instantly tell you whether pointers
to references are allowed. (Hint: they're not, but vector requires
pointers to its containees.)
Since when? Vectors contain copies of their contained objects, not
pointers to them.
But vectors dynamically allocate the contained objects, which in turn
requires a pointer to the value type.
Probably not. As least not individually. It requires a pointer to some
memory. IIRC, TR1 specifies that it even must be contiguous memory.
Whether that actually is a pointer to type (or to array of type), or merely
a void *, that's an implementation detail. What's probably happening
behind the scenes is that the vector allocates "sizeof(typ e) * capacity"
bytes of memory, and uses placement new in each position that holds a valid
object.
From a vector user's point of view, all that is required is that the type
contained in the vector is copy constructable and assignable (and that the
constructed/assigned to object is the same as the original, which is why
auto_ptr can't be stored in STL containers). There are no pointers
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