struct intlizie isn't working well

[old fox]

in this code i am trying to intilize this struct :

struct Token{
  TokenType type;//TokenType is an enum
  const std::string& value;
  int line;
};

just like that :

  Token makeToken(TokenType type){
    Token token{type,std::string(start,current),line};//start and current are char pointers
    return token;
  }
``` but the debbuger is showing me that type (the argument) is 19 and line is 1 
But for some reason the line and type (and value) of the token variable is some random numbers

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[rancid hearth]

what do you think value is referencing when you are doing makeToken

[old fox]

a std::string that have the chars between start and current

[rancid hearth]

what std::string object is it referencing? i.e. where would this std::string be stored

[old fox]

yea i think i got it
i would just store std::string dirictly

[rancid hearth]

yes

the way you have it currently is that it just immediately dangles

[old fox]

still the same thing tho

[old fox]

i've make it stores const std::string but the debugger still shows the same randome values

[thin relic]

The line the debugger is on hasn't been executed yet, you need to step over that line so the one with return is highlighted before taking a look at the token variabl

[old fox]

okay...

yea...

that worked

[thin relic]

it's one of those things you just get used to when debugging

[old fox]

ok thx

!solved