changed pointers to references

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/vowpalwabbit/sender.cc b/vowpalwabbit/sender.cc
index 95f51a32..91970efc 100644
--- a/vowpalwabbit/sender.cc
+++ b/vowpalwabbit/sender.cc
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ namespace SENDER {
   s.buf->files.push_back(s.sd);
 }
 
-  void send_features(io_buf *b, example* ec, uint32_t mask)
+  void send_features(io_buf *b, example& ec, uint32_t mask)
 {
   // note: subtracting 1 b/c not sending constant
-  output_byte(*b,(unsigned char) (ec->indices.size()-1));
+  output_byte(*b,(unsigned char) (ec.indices.size()-1));
   
-  for (unsigned char* i = ec->indices.begin; i != ec->indices.end; i++) {
+  for (unsigned char* i = ec.indices.begin; i != ec.indices.end; i++) {
     if (*i == constant_namespace)
       continue;
-    output_features(*b, *i, ec->atomics[*i].begin, ec->atomics[*i].end, mask);
+    output_features(*b, *i, ec.atomics[*i].begin, ec.atomics[*i].end, mask);
   }
   b->flush();
 }
@@ -70,17 +70,17 @@ void receive_result(sender& s)
   return_simple_example(*(s.all), NULL, ec);  
 }
 
-  void learn(sender* s, learner& base, example* ec) 
+  void learn(sender* s, learner& base, example& ec) 
   { 
     if (s->received_index + s->all->p->ring_size - 1 == s->sent_index)
       receive_result(*s);
 
-    label_data* ld = (label_data*)ec->ld;
+    label_data* ld = (label_data*)ec.ld;
     s->all->set_minmax(s->all->sd, ld->label);
     simple_label.cache_label(ld, *s->buf);//send label information.
-    cache_tag(*s->buf, ec->tag);
+    cache_tag(*s->buf, ec.tag);
     send_features(s->buf,ec, (uint32_t)s->all->parse_mask);
-    s->delay_ring[s->sent_index++ % s->all->p->ring_size] = ec;
+    s->delay_ring[s->sent_index++ % s->all->p->ring_size] = &ec;
   }
 
   void finish_example(vw& all, sender*, example*ec)