I have a Labview class that is a collection of objects from another class (c1), held within an array. This is similar to a Visual Basic Collection with a method of indexing and adding to the collection/array. If I understand Labview classes correctly, Labview objects are passed by value and not by reference. So, in my example with a collection of objects, if I need to update one of the attributes within one of the objects (o1), I'll need to:
1) index into the array;
2) extract the object (which make a copy);
3) update the attribute within the object; then
4) insert the object back into the array, (over-writing the original object).
If the class associated with object (o1) has 40-50 attributes, it seems inefficient to make a copy of the entire object just to update one attribute. In C/C++, I would just use a pointer to the instance and update it directly.
My questions is:
1) what is an efficient way to update the attribute of an object held within an Labview Array?
(or is there a better way to do this).
2) where can I find references that compare/contrast labview programs to C/C++,
so that I might better understand how to code efficiently in Labview.
