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Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef;

Subject Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef;
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
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Date 2019-07-13 05:33 +0200

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In some book I read years ago were something stupid think like this:
"Pointers are not a type in C++ because when you write:
int* first, second;
second will be not pointer. So you should always write int *first; not 
int* first."

In my opinion this is only matter of C++ compiler internals. From 
Asembler point of view every thing variables are just different numbers. 
In C++ we have pointers (among others) and we have to handle them in 
different way than other things.
Pointers (and references) are different types and are logically 
distinguishable from variable by value.
You should always write:
int* variable1;
or
int& variable2;

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how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 15:12 -0700
  Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-07-12 23:16 +0100
    Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; G G <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2019-07-12 15:21 -0700
  Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-07-12 18:55 -0400
  Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-07-12 18:55 -0700
  Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; Szyk Cech <szykcech@spoko.pl> - 2019-07-13 05:33 +0200
  Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2019-07-15 20:33 +0000
    Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-07-15 23:03 +0100
      Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-07-15 18:31 -0700
        Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-07-16 03:04 +0100
          Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-07-16 05:59 -0700
        Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-07-16 05:48 +0200
          Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-07-16 08:47 +0200
            Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-07-16 11:52 +0200
              Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-07-16 12:45 +0200
                Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-07-17 07:06 +0200
                Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-07-17 08:17 +0200
                Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-07-17 14:03 +0000
          Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-07-16 07:36 -0700
          Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs int& numberRef; Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2019-07-17 07:25 +0000
      Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2019-07-17 07:24 +0000
        Re: how/why it is written ... int &numberRef; vs  int& numberRef; Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-07-17 12:53 +0100

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