Re: [cc65] returning structs

On Montag 10 August 2009, Scott Hutter wrote:
> I know that you cant return a struct by value.  Is there any way around
> this?  If I return a pointer to the struct, the values are lost upon
> leaving the function.  Can anyone provide an example workaround?
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott

make it return a pointer, and then copy it to a local struct:

memcpy(&localstruct,functhatreturnsstruct(),sizeof(localstruct));

(thats pretty much almost exactly what a compiler would do too)

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