return std::string

[TBass]

Quick and stupid question:

I want to replace a function:

const char *
Address()

with
std::string
Address()

Hoping that I will be able to then use the function like so:

std::string mystring = ThisDevice.Address();

Is that a valid use of std::string?

 

[Victor Bazarov]

Quick and stupid question:

I want to replace a function:

const char *
Address()

with
std::string
Address()

Hoping that I will be able to then use the function like so:

std::string mystring = ThisDevice.Address();

Is that a valid use of std::string?

Absolutely!

V

 

[TBass]

Thanks -- I wanted to be sure I wasn't setting myself up for disaster,
especially since the point was to avoid memory errors.

 

[Daniel T.]

Quick and stupid question:

I want to replace a function:

const char *
Address()

with
std::string
Address()

Hoping that I will be able to then use the function like so:

std::string mystring = ThisDevice.Address();

Is that a valid use of std::string?

Yes. I suggest however that you return a const std::string. That way the
returned object will behave more like the built-in types.