Fix deserializing into existing objects

`read_object()` was trying to create copies.

src/common/communication/common.h

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ inline void write_object(Socket& socket, const T& object) {
  * @relates write_object
  */
 template <typename T, typename Socket>
-inline T read_object(Socket& socket, std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, T& object) {
+inline T& read_object(Socket& socket, std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, T& object) {
     // See the note above on the use of `uint64_t` instead of `size_t`
     std::array<uint64_t, 1> message_length;
     boost::asio::read(socket, boost::asio::buffer(message_length));
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ inline T read_object(Socket& socket, std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, T& object) {
 template <typename T, typename Socket>
 inline T read_object(Socket& socket, std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer) {
     T object;
-    return read_object<T>(socket, buffer, object);
+    read_object<T>(socket, buffer, object);
+
+    return object;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ inline T read_object(Socket& socket, std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer) {
  * @overload
  */
 template <typename T, typename Socket>
-inline T read_object(Socket& socket, T& object) {
+inline T& read_object(Socket& socket, T& object) {
     std::vector<uint8_t> buffer(64);
     return read_object<T>(socket, buffer, object);
 }
@@ -166,7 +168,9 @@ template <typename T, typename Socket>
 inline T read_object(Socket& socket) {
     T object;
     std::vector<uint8_t> buffer(64);
-    return read_object<T>(socket, buffer, object);
+    read_object<T>(socket, buffer, object);
+
+    return object;
 }
 
 /**

src/common/communication/vst3.h

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ class Vst3MessageHandler : public AdHocSocketHandler<Thread> {
      * another thread, then this will create a new socket connection and send
      * the event there instead.
      *
+     * @param object The request object to send. Often a marker struct to ask
+     *   for a specific object to be returned.
      * @param logging A pair containing a logger instance and whether or not
      *   this is for sending host -> plugin control messages. If set to false,
      *   then this indicates that this `Vst3MessageHandler` is handling plugin
@@ -94,13 +96,18 @@ class Vst3MessageHandler : public AdHocSocketHandler<Thread> {
      * an existing object.
      *
      * TODO: We might also need overloads that reuse buffers
+     * TODO: Rename to `receive_into()` to make it more apparent what's
+     *       happening
+     *
+     * @param response_object The object to deserialize into.
      *
      * @overload
      */
     template <typename T>
-    void send_message(const T& object,
-                      typename T::Response& response_object,
-                      std::optional<std::pair<Vst3Logger&, bool>> logging) {
+    typename T::Response& send_message(
+        const T& object,
+        typename T::Response& response_object,
+        std::optional<std::pair<Vst3Logger&, bool>> logging) {
         using TResponse = typename T::Response;
 
         if (logging) {
@@ -126,6 +133,8 @@ class Vst3MessageHandler : public AdHocSocketHandler<Thread> {
             auto [logger, is_host_vst] = *logging;
             logger.log_response(!is_host_vst, response_object);
         }
+
+        return response_object;
     }
 
     /**