[CSI] Pass by Reference
Mikhail Nesterenko
mikhail at cs.kent.edu
Sun Aug 15 17:00:23 EDT 2021
>
> Passing by reference Allocates A Local Automatic pointer variable to
> the arguments memory location. When dealing with a dynamic member of
> an object, which is referenced by a pointer (this pointer being
> assigned to the local variable of the function), can this be thought
> of as a pointer to a pointer?
>
actually, there is such a thing as a reference in C++. You could
declare a reference variable which is another name for the same memory
location.
int i;
int &j = i; // j is a reference to i
j = 55; // both j and i hold 55
Thanks,
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Mikhail
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