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From: Jussi Piitulainen <harvesting@makes.email.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Terminology: "reference" versus "pointer"
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:40:54 +0300
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Random832 writes:
> Jussi Piitulainen writes:
>> I think the best way is to say that a[0] and a[1] are the same
>> object, while b[0] and b[1] are different objects.
>
> Sure, you can *say* that. But how do you draw it on a diagram with
> sticky notes or parcel tags or whatever?

I prefer to outline my code as code, with comments where needed, without
irrelevant details. Those pointers and tags are usually irrelevant, best
omitted altogether.