I notice i can do
int val = arrayname[INDEX];
but not
arrayname[INDEX] = val;
( i assume i have to use getReference() = val;
or set( val ) )
but using [] both ways would be so much nicer - like vector<>.
Was there some big reason why this wasnt written in ?.
jules
2
Well, the preferred way is to use set(), because it handles the case where the index is out-of-bounds…
cool.
But what was the reason for not implementing a “setter” instead?
jules
4
Because it’d have to return a reference, which might be a duff pointer and will crash. If you have a set method, it gets a chance to fail gracefully.