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Re:A brief introduction to C++'s model for type- and resourc... by zarkov99 on Friday January 15, 2016 @12:28PM (#10910704)
Pointers have the advantage of signaling a return value at the call site without having to look up the function prototype.
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Re:A brief introduction to C++'s model for type- and resourc... by pjmlp on Friday January 15, 2016 @01:35PM (#10911128)
Which I don't agree with, given the amount of pointers that fly around in C codebases.

You cannot ever known what a pointer is used for.

If the prototype has const, maybe just maybe, assuming the function doesn't cast it away, it is a read only.

So I never bought into this argument.

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