Re: Return pointer to array: not possible?

[Eric Werk]

Paul E. Johnson wrote:
> 
> id attribute[10];
> How can I return that when another agent wants the attribute vector?

I would think you could just do this:

- (id *) getArray
{
  return attribute;
}

Use:

id *attr;
attr = [otherObject getArray];

This returns a pointer to the array (in C, arrays and pinters are the
same thing - messy, but efficient) But beware: this is exactly the same
thing that the original object has, so changes via the new array will
also change the original array!

/Eric Werk

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