[jira] [Updated] (ARROW-328) [C++] Return shared_ptr by value instead of const-ref?

["Wes McKinney (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Wes McKinney updated ARROW-328:
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    Assignee: Wes McKinney

PR: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/235

> [C++] Return shared_ptr by value instead of const-ref?
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>                 Key: ARROW-328
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-328
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: C++
>            Reporter: Wes McKinney
>            Assignee: 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. 



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