Re:Embracing Modern C++ Safely, Book Review
by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday May 30, 2022 @11:22PM
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> In this context this is usually equivalent to using a reference.
Not really. The very, very, very important difference is that the pointer can be null, signalling "no object". For some purposes, this is a critically important difference; in other cases, you should be passing a reference.
Not really. The very, very, very important difference is that the pointer can be null, signalling "no object". For some purposes, this is a critically important difference; in other cases, you should be passing a reference.