From b36be591afa841f1cef7bdccb3454bb373ac4822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Parker <danielaparker@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 15:25:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor custom functions

---
 include/jsoncons_ext/jmespath/jmespath.hpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/jsoncons_ext/jmespath/jmespath.hpp b/include/jsoncons_ext/jmespath/jmespath.hpp
index a3877983e..0411be4c0 100644
--- a/include/jsoncons_ext/jmespath/jmespath.hpp
+++ b/include/jsoncons_ext/jmespath/jmespath.hpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace jmespath {
 
         union
         {
-            expression_base_type* expression_;
+            std::reference_wrapper<expression_base_type> expression_;
             pointer value_;
         };
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ namespace jmespath {
         }
 
         parameter(expression_base_type* expression) noexcept
-            : type_(parameter_kind::expression), expression_(expression)
+            : type_(parameter_kind::expression), expression_(*expression)
         {
         }
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ namespace jmespath {
 
         const expression_base_type& expression() const
         {
-            return *expression_;
+            return expression_;
         }
     };