[omniORB] sequence question

[James Dempsey]

I think the trick is to use _retn( ), rather than _duplicate( ).



                                                                                                                                  
                    mdavis@rwii.com                                                                                               
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                    09/01/00 08:05 AM                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  



> Hi,
>
> I have the following IDL:
>
> typedef sequence<string> List;
>
> interface X {
>
>     List getNames( );
>
> };
>
> I've implemented the operation as follows:
>
> List* getNames( ) {
>
>     List_var list = new List( );
>     list.length( 2 );
>
>     list[0] = "Jim";
>     list[1] = "Mary";
>
>     return List::_duplicate( list );
>
> }
>
>
> The compiler complains that _duplicate( ) is not a member of List.
Is
> there some other way I should be returning the List I create?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Dempsey
> SCT
> jdempsey@sctcorp.com
>

use list.out().  It takes care of any messing memory management crap
that you
would otherwise have to deal with.



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