Date: 10/10/08 (C Sharp) Keywords: no keywords Hello guys. Do any of you know how get a property accessor return a reference. I'm sure it can be done, because the framework does it.
public class Upper {
public struct SInner {
private string m_str;
public string str {
get { return m_str; }
set { m_str = value; }
}
}
private SInner m_Inner = new Inner();
public SInner Inner {
get { return m_Inner; }
}
public void func() {
Inner.str = "value";
}
}
The assignment in func() causes a compile error. This is because i need a reference to m_Inner to be returned, not a copy of the value that simply resets the previous value. And, yes, there is a reason for it. I know the example seems unnecessarily complex, but it's being dumbed down. Thanks for any help. EDIT: Nevermind, I figured it out. Since Inner was a struct, it was a ValueType. Thus, Inner.str was a value (sort of.) I changed Inner to be a class, and that allowed forced it to be returned by reference. If that's confusing, just comment. I'll explain it better.
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