Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/16/68 11:59

Ney André de Mello Zunino wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> Passing by reference should never increase the amount of overhead (at
>> least not by any measurable amount), even for an integer. And for
>> more complex objects it will decrease the overhead.
>
>
> Thanks for your reply. Given that the use of references can never hurt
> and that this is my first time using them, could you tell me if I am
> doing it right (according to the sample code in my original post)?
>
> Thank you,
>

Yep. That's how you return a reference. The only comment which is
actually only a matter of style is the generally used syntax is:

function &getPosts(...)

That is, the '&' goes just before the function name instead of
immediately after the 'function' keyword. However, it's a matter of
style, and either should work.

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