Write-Only Reference in C++?
- by Robert Mason
Is there a way to code a write-only reference to an object? For example, suppose there was a mutex class:
template <class T> class mutex {
protected:
T _data;
public:
mutex();
void lock(); //locks the mutex
void unlock(); //unlocks the mutex
T& data(); //returns a reference to the data, or throws an exception if lock is…
