changing parameter type from pointer to const ref

VirtualRobot/Visualization/TriMeshUtils.cpp

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ uniformDeviate(int seed)
   return ran;
 }
 
-Eigen::Vector3f TriMeshUtils::sampleSurfacePoint(std::vector<float> *cumulativeAreas, double totalArea, const TriMeshModel& tri)
+Eigen::Vector3f TriMeshUtils::sampleSurfacePoint(const std::vector<float>& cumulativeAreas, double totalArea, const TriMeshModel& tri)
 {
     if (tri.faces.empty())
     {
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ std::vector<Eigen::Vector3f> TriMeshUtils::uniformSampling(const TriMeshModel& t
     unsigned int i = 0;
     unsigned int counter = 0;
     while (i < n) {
-        Eigen::Vector3f sampledPoint = sampleSurfacePoint(&cumulativeAreas, totalArea, tri);
+        Eigen::Vector3f sampledPoint = sampleSurfacePoint(cumulativeAreas, totalArea, tri);
         if (!sampledPoint.isZero()) {
             samples[i] = sampledPoint;
             i++;

VirtualRobot/Visualization/TriMeshUtils.h

@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ public:
                                                const VisualizationFactory::Color &color = VisualizationFactory::Color::Gray(),
                                                const std::vector<VisualizationFactory::Color>& colors = {});
 
-    static Eigen::Vector3f sampleSurfacePoint(std::vector<float> *cumulativeAreas, double totalArea, const VirtualRobot::TriMeshModel& tri);
+    static Eigen::Vector3f sampleSurfacePoint(const std::vector<float>& cumulativeAreas, double totalArea, const VirtualRobot::TriMeshModel& tri);
     //! Uniformly samples points on the surface of a trimesh model and can be used to create a point cloud of the model
     static std::vector<Eigen::Vector3f> uniformSampling(const VirtualRobot::TriMeshModel& tri, unsigned int n = 1000);
 };
 
 } // namespace VirtualRobot
-