Re: reference to a pointer
"graham" <gjw369@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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Hi,
I need to initialise a reference to a pointer. I'm a client of a
function that requires it.
Can you tell me how I can shorten the initalisation of totoToRef
below? I'm obviously going the long way about it.
void mymethod(toto& totoRef)
{
toto* ptr = &totoRef;
toto*& totoRefToPointer = ptr;
}
thanks and have a nice weekend.
where is the problem?
possible i not understand, but what would be the reason
to use "type*&" in some code? [i could admit not undestand
the meaning of that too]
the reference has for me the practical use of make one distinction:
the args the function change [use pointers] the args the function
not change [use reference] even if the language not guarantee that
i can guarantee that for the code i write.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
unsigned *totoRefToPointer;
/* for me this is a function that
use totoRef and its pointer but should not change
what the pointer point to */
void mymethod(unsigned& totoRef)
{totoRefToPointer=&totoRef;}
int main(void)
{unsigned x, y, z;
mymethod(x);
printf("%x %x\n", &x, totoRefToPointer);
return 0;
}
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