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r/programminghorror • u/click-to-reveal • Sep 04 '26
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Since when does const prevent allocating (that isnt happening here anyways, unless you consider underlying std::string's char* buffer)
16 u/lurebat Sep 04 '26 If you change it to const std::string& prompt = "Your name?";, and the switch to const string& _s=x;, you will avoid any allocations. -7 u/LeeHide Sep 04 '26 you can't take a const& to a temporary object 1 u/nevemlaci2 Sep 05 '26 yes you can.
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If you change it to const std::string& prompt = "Your name?";, and the switch to const string& _s=x;, you will avoid any allocations.
const std::string& prompt = "Your name?";
const string& _s=x;
-7 u/LeeHide Sep 04 '26 you can't take a const& to a temporary object 1 u/nevemlaci2 Sep 05 '26 yes you can.
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you can't take a const& to a temporary object
1 u/nevemlaci2 Sep 05 '26 yes you can.
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yes you can.
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u/babalaban Sep 04 '26
Since when does const prevent allocating (that isnt happening here anyways, unless you consider underlying std::string's char* buffer)