Re:What’s the difference between an integer and a pointer?
by aknoob on Sunday September 23, 2018 @09:40AM
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Conceptually, Pointer is a higher and a more well defined, level of abstraction than a raw integer.In much the same way as an Iterator is a higher and more well defined level of abstraction than a raw pointer.
The fact that an Iterator, a pointer and an integer all tend to be different ways of looking at same integer value is more or less an implementation detail.
The fact that an Iterator, a pointer and an integer all tend to be different ways of looking at same integer value is more or less an implementation detail.