I have a helper function that I’m using to look up a struct in an array and return it. In that function, I’m using the Get (a ref) version of the getter and then using that value as my output. When I do this, it does a copy.
How do I configure my blueprint function to return by ref?
Unfortunately that simply isn’t possible in base blueprints (I say base cause it might be possible with K2Nodes, but that’s a rabbit hole you’d best avoid).
Even if you use the jank strategy you can use for passing delegates, while it will result in the output appearing to be a ref,
It won’t actually be a ref
If you absolutely need a reference through a get function, you’ll need to use objects instead.
Bummer. Thanks.
If you understand references to that degree, making a custom blueprint function in c++ is among the easier things to do in Unreal C++.