Re: [Dev-C++] What's the difference?

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Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> ==> ? In fact allocating/releasing space on the free store is more 
> time-expensive than using local space in the stack.
It is, but using the stack is only advisable for temporary structures.

> How i would do it:
>  
> #include <string>
>  
> struct foo
> {
>  std::string text1, text2, text3;
>  
>  foo(const std::string &t1, const std::string &t2, const std::string &t3):
>      text1(t1), text2(t2), text3(t3) { }
>  
> };
>  
> void whatever(foo &);
> int main()
> {
>  foo something("telos", "ton", "imeron");
>  whatever(something);
> }
>  
> void whatever(foo &pf)
> {
>  // ...
> }
>  
> ==> Or even better i would provide it as a class with access functions.
Well yes, I see now. I don't know C++, so I looked up in a book what you 
wrote, and it seems you use references. Isn't that the same as using 
pointers?
Anyway, in C, pointers are the only way.

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Greetings,
   Balázs