Chapter

Factory Functions

From ComputerScienceOne by Dr Chris Bourke

Concepts

1. How can factory functions simplify the creation of structure instances?

   "Properly creating and initializing structure instances can be a complex and tedious task. However, it is likely that we will need to repeat this operation over and over. We can simplify our task if w

2. How should a copied structure avoid sharing references?

   "Another common operation is to create a copy of a given structure. We will want to again ensure that everything is a deep copy so that the two structures are not sharing references. We can easily do