VitabytesDev@feddit.nl to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoI can see the reference!feddit.nlimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1232file-text
arrow-up1217imageI can see the reference!feddit.nlVitabytesDev@feddit.nl to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheEntity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoAn int& reference is just as much of a variable as int* const would be (a const pointer to a non-const int). “Variable” might be a misnomer here, but it takes just as much memory as any other pointer.
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int&reference is just as much of a variable asint* constwould be (a const pointer to a non-const int). “Variable” might be a misnomer here, but it takes just as much memory as any other pointer.