Class IlcRevInt

IlcRevInt is a reversible version of the basic predefined Solver type, IlcInt. The reversible version makes it easier to restore a previous state. This class has a value data member corresponding to IlcInt. This value data member is automatically restored when Solver backtracks.

This class is not a handle class. Objects of this class should be used directly, that is, not through pointers to them. Do not create instances of IlcRevInt as automatic objects (that is, as objects allocated on the C++ stack). Do not pass them by value.

An object of the class IlcRevInt is automatically cast to the basic type IlcInt, if needed. Instances of this reversible class can be used as data members. However, do not use them as types for automatic variables, where “automatic” has its usual C++ meaning, as this practice would create memory-access errors. Do not pass them as arguments.

An instance of IlcRevInt behaves very much like an instance of IlcInt; the difference in their behavior has to do with assignments. Indeed, all reversible assignments are undone when Solver backtracks.

For more information, see the concepts State and Reversibility.

The constructor creates a new object, an instance of IlcRevInt. It is more memory-efficient than the constructor without arguments.

This member function accesses the value of the instance of IlcRevInt.

This operator returns the value of the instance of IlcRevInt. In other words, this operator automatically casts an instance of IlcRevInt into an instance of IlcInt.

This member function modifies the value of the invoking object by reversibly assigning value to it. When Solver backtracks, this reversible modification will be undone.