Re: [Vala] how to *not* automagically copy arrays passed to methods?

[Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com>]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Matto Marjanovic <maddog mir com> wrote:

> Ok, another bonus question (see revised subject) --- and I think this
> issue was the root of the misfire with my earlier experiments with slices:
>
> How does one tell valac to *not* copy arrays that are passed to methods?
>
> For example:
>
>   public void foo(uint8[] x) {
>     ...
>     x[0] = 7;
>     ...
>   }
>
> The generated C code for the method duplicates the array x before executing
> the body of the method; hence the common case of a method which modifies a
> buffer, returning with side-effects, doesn't work.

What are you talking about? It's not copied.

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