Re: [boost] Re: in/out parameters, codingstylesandmaintenance

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-04 05:24:25

Rene Rivera wrote:
> 
> I'm almost sorry to jump into this very long discussion....
> 
> But I know of at least one need for "out" parameters:
> 
>     An asynchronous call that needs to "return" results. But because
> it's asynch it can't return it as the result of the call.

result<int> r = async_call(function_returning_int);
r.wait();
int i = r.value();

Can we please drop this thread now?