Re: Returning reference to self does not work

Kristoffer Danielsson wrote:
> Luabind 0.8.1
>  
> I can't get this working:
>  
> local x = MyClass('test'):trim()
>  
> MyClass& MyClass::trim()
> {
>    // Modify this object...
>    return *this;
> }
>  
> It seems x is assigned the return value from MyClass('test') instead. Why?

I'm not sure I understand the problem here. What are your expectations?
The above Lua code is equivalent to:

  local y = MyClass('test')
  local x = y:trim()

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Daniel Wallin
BoostPro Computing
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