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    <p>I'm writing a Cocos2D-X game where the player, enemies and other characters store their attributes in a <code>CCMutableDictionary</code>, which is somewhat of a decorator class for <code>std::map&lt;std::string, CCObject*&gt;</code>. A value in the dictionary can be accessed via the <code>CCMutableDictionary::objectForKey(const std::string&amp; key)</code> method.</p> <p>Now, in a header file included by many of my .cpp files, I've got a few <code>const char * const</code> strings for accessing values in the dictionaries, like this:</p> <pre><code>// in Constants.h const char* const kAttributeX = "x"; const char* const kAttributeY = "y"; // in a .cpp file CCObject* x = someDictionary-&gt;objectForKey(kAttributeX); </code></pre> <p>So, correct me if I'm wrong, but <code>std::string</code>'s copy constructor is being called and a temporary <code>std::string</code> is on the stack every time I call one of the above <code>objectForKey</code> methods using a <code>const char* const</code>, right?</p> <p>If so, I feel that it would be more efficient at runtime if those constant attribute keys were already <code>std::string</code> objects. But how do I do that the <em>right</em> way?</p> <p>Defining them in the Constants.h file like the following compiles fine, but I have a feeling that something just isn't right:</p> <pre><code>// in Constants.h const std::string kAttributeX = "x"; const std::string kAttributeY = "y"; </code></pre> <p>My apologies if this question has already been asked. I couldn't seem to find the exact answer I was looking for here on StackOverflow.</p>
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