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From: v.Abazarov@comAcast.net (Victor Bazarov)
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Subject: Re: Idea for calling multiple methods on a single object.
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Helium wrote:
> Multiple method-call:
> 
> At the moment calling more than one method on one object is
> complicated. Imagine you want to call two methods on the (temporary)
> result of a function. How dod you do this? One possibility is to call
> the function twice.
> 
> foo ().method1 ();
> foo ().method2 ();

If your 'method1' returns a reference suitable for calling 'method2'
(usually *this), you may write

     foo().method1().method2();

> [...]

Victor

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