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Uwe L. Korn commented on ARROW-328: ----------------------------------- +1 on that. > [C++] Return shared_ptr by value instead of const-ref? > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: ARROW-328 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-328 > Project: Apache Arrow > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: C++ > Reporter: Wes McKinney > > This is largely my fault but: many C++ programmers seem to feel that you > should always return {{std::shared_ptr}} by value for a couple reasons: > * RVO in many cases prevents a double ref-count manipulation and, > * If you are planning to share ownership with the other class, you will need > to copy the shared_ptr anyway > On some contemplation I'm +1 on changing all {{const std::shared_ptr<T>&}} to > {{std::shared_ptr<T>}}, but let me know if there are other opinions. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)