[PATCH] Return references in LayoutBase

[Richard Guenther]

Hi!

This patch makes internalGuards(), externalGuards() and blocks() methods
of LayoutBase return const references rather than copies.

Tested with no regressions on MPI intel linux.

Ok?

Richard.


2004Jan14  Richard Guenther <address@hidden>

        * src/Layout/LayoutBase.h: return const references in
        guard and block accessors.

===== LayoutBase.h 1.10 vs edited =====
--- 1.10/r2/src/Layout/LayoutBase.h     Wed Jan  7 12:17:55 2004
+++ edited/LayoutBase.h Tue Jan 13 23:37:13 2004
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@
     return all_m[i]->allocated();
   }

-  inline GuardLayers_t internalGuards() const
+  inline const GuardLayers_t& internalGuards() const
   {
     return internalGuards_m;
   }

-  inline GuardLayers_t externalGuards() const
+  inline const GuardLayers_t& externalGuards() const
   {
     return externalGuards_m;
   }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@

   /// number of blocks along each axis.

-  inline Loc<Dim> blocks() const  { return blocks_m; }
+  inline const Loc<Dim>& blocks() const  { return blocks_m; }

   ///@name Guard-cell related functions.
   /// Iterators into the fill list. These are MultiPatch's interface to