From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-04-29T22:24:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Pointers in Ruby

Hi --

Gregory Millam <walker@lethalcode.net> writes:

> Received: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:59:03 +0900
> And lo, David wrote:
> 
> > > I am coining a Pointer class in Ruby. Kind of a C pointer, more
> > > like a C++ smart pointer actually. Should work for any lvalue.
> > > 
> > 
> > Can you give an example of something you would need the extra layer
> > of reference for? 
> 
> I'd imagine Fixnums and other immutable objects. But writing a
> wrapper class is easy enough, without a pointer class. Perhaps the
> OP can see a reason for such a pointer where we can't.

Yes -- hence my question :-)


David

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David A. Black
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