Subj : Re: Returning structures from template classes
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : DJV
Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 04:16 pm


Thanks.  I see your point.  Of course, this provides the functionality I need, and its done.  I'll perceive the integer "success" variable as describing whether the matrix can be inverted in the sense of the matrix as an "object". I may change the variable to "inverts" instead. 

maeder@glue.ch (Thomas Maeder [TeamB]) wrote:
>"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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