Re: method chaining

At 17:57 11.11.2002, Terry McBride spoke out and said: --------------------[snip]-------------------- >$tmp =& $foo->get("bar"); // note the & >$tmp->alterBarSomeWay(); // $tmp->getBaz(); > >No way to do that in one line. I think the reference conventions are odd. >I can pass a variable to a function not knowing it may be referenced and >altered (unless I check the signature), but I have to know that what I'm >receiving from a function is a reference in order to grab it properly!? --------------------[snip]-------------------- Note that both parties need to know the reference... assuming function foo::get($id) {return $something;} it will not help (as to my knowledge) when you say $tmp =& $foo->get('baz'); The function must be coded as function &foo::get($id) {return $something;} to return a reference. AND you have to accept the reference, or you'd get a copy. -- >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/