On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:24 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2011, at 3:31 PM, David Levin wrote:
>
>> Ignore me. I'm missing the "&".
>>
>> I suppose if you want a RefPtr&, then the style checker is wrong and the
>> parameter should be allowed to be a RefPtr.
>>
>> Feel free to file a bug and I'll get to it (-- it may take me a week or two
>> at the moment).
>
> It should definitely be allowed - it's a good way to represent "I need a T
> and I won't take ownership, but I want to guarantee that my caller is holding
> on to this."
Yes.
Also a good way to represent a RefPtr out parameter for a function with more
than one return value. Also occasionally useful to make a function that
conditionally takes ownership of something passed in.
-- Darin
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