VitabytesDev@feddit.nl to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoI can see the reference!feddit.nlimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1260file-text
arrow-up1260imageI can see the reference!feddit.nlVitabytesDev@feddit.nl to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheEntity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoAn int& reference is just as much of a variable as int* const would be (a const pointer to a non-const int). “Variable” might be a misnomer here, but it takes just as much memory as any other pointer.
An
int&
reference is just as much of a variable asint* const
would be (a const pointer to a non-const int). “Variable” might be a misnomer here, but it takes just as much memory as any other pointer.