Re: Returning a Struct from a Function

On May 11, 2:02 pm, john <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> alex.j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 dixit:
>
> > Hello, newbie here.
>
> >   I'd like to know if there is a way to return a structure from a
> > function, without creating any other intermediate variables. Also,
> > this should be done such that the function can still be declared as
> > inline.
>
> The usual way is to pass a reference to the struct (as a parameter) in
> which you want to put the return value (the same for vector, list, ...)

  OK, that certainly works.

  But is this the only way to do it?

  What if I have a lot of code which returns a struct (or vector,
etc..) by creating an intermediate variable in the function; and I do
not want to modify all the occurrences of the function in the code,
only the function itself.

  Can I eliminate the creation of the extra variable, while returning
the struct (but not as a parameter) ?

Also, thanks for the quick reply.

Alex