that's the document I was looking for. thanks so much! Jay
On Sep 23, 10:23 am, Kenton Varda <ken...@google.com> wrote: > The different accessor functions for C++ protobuf classes are documented in > detail here: > > http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/reference/cpp-genera... > > Message objects can be large, so you should avoid copying them if possible. > Instead, you should use the mutable_() accessor to get a pointer to the > sub-message early on, and then modify that sub-message directly, rather than > build a separate object and then copy it. For example: > > DON'T do this: > Foo foo; > SetupFoo(&foo); > Bar bar; > bar.mutable_foo()->CopyFrom(foo); > > Do this instead: > Bar bar; > SetupFoo(bar.mutable_foo()); > > This avoids copying, thus making your code more efficient. It's also > shorter. > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:13 AM, jayt0...@gmail.com <jayt0...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > I am having trouble accessing many members of my .proto file. It > > seems that compound members are not accessible with set_() method > > calls. I saw in your example code the use of mutable_() calls. What > > does this apply to and is there documentation on it? could this be the > > solution to my problem? > > > Thanks! > > > Jay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
