Thread: Referencing function's source

Originally Posted by Loduwijk

Is there any way to reference the source object of a function?

Code:

class MyClass
{
  void SetIt(SomeType Object)
  {
    Object.SomeVariable = the instance of MyClass that this function was called for;
  }
}

Something like that.

Is this what you mean?

Code:

class MyClass
{
  int SomeOtherVariable
  void SetIt(SomeType& Object)
  {
    Object.SomeVariable = SomeOtherVariable
  }
}

Member functions are automatically granted access to member variables of their own object. SomeOtherVariable could be rewritten as this->SomeOtherVariable. "this" is a special keyword, meaning "A Pointer To the Current Object".

Note the use of the & - Otherwise you will be dealing with a copy of the SomeType object (Which I assume you don't want).