Subj : Re: Returning structures from template classes
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : maeder
Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 11:05 pm

"DJV" <ventruella@hotmail.com> writes:

> I added a "success" unsigned integer variable, then modified the
> contructor code and the code to set one matrix equal to another to
> include it.  I can now send an indication of success or failure with
> the matrix that is being returned.

First of all, a variable indicating a value of true or false should be
of a boolean type. I don't think that the compiler you are using
supports bool yet, but you should use typedef to declare a name that
better conveys the semantics of such variables.

Second, if this means that you added a success variable to the matrix
type (or template), note that this is a bad idea. Matrices don't
succeed or fail; inversion does.

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