From: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-03 22:32:16
Justin M. Lewis wrote:
> A little bit of an overly simple example. How about something more
> like
>
> void MyGetCWD(c_out<std::string> cwd)
[snip]
> Or, how about,
> void GetFileName(c_in_out<std::string> path, const std::string
> &filter) {
[snip]
Gosh!, I can't resist... the API above is poor style, AFAICT.
No wonder you are having tons of problems.
You should just return the string. I suggest that you take a peek
at the boost filesystem library for better API designs. Specifically:
http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/path.htm
-- Joel de Guzman joel at boost-consulting.com http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net