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Hi,

How can i specify the return type of a function returning a managed array of chars.
If i try to write: "char __gc[] func()" i get an error!

How can i do that?

Thanks!
Nov 17 '05
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Fixed:
Ioannis Vranos wrote:
Yes I am not asking about a built in valarray,
you
mentioned it. I am talking about the current .NET array.



Best regards,

Ioannis Vranos
Nov 17 '05 #31
Ioannis Vranos wrote:
It would also mean deterministic destruction of contained objects. Also
it could help to think of it as an object with no copy constructor and
assignment operator (in ISO C++ by making them private members).
As arrays do not have destructors, there would be nothing to instigate a
tear down of each element. If we were to do that for arrays declared on the
stack only, then an inconsistency arrises where the stack based arrays have
different destruction semantics than a garbage collected arrays.

As things are today, an array is very much like an object with a private
destructor. Objects with private destructors cannot be allocated on the
stack.
Another way would be to make it with built in array semantics, with the
name of the array to be resolved as a handle to the first object in the
array, or a handle in general.

However the template object in the stack makes more sense.


I understand the example; however, I do not understand the usefulness of the
example. Declaring an 'ar' as a handle and then never using the % operator
yields exactly the same semantics.

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