Re: pointers--when to use them
Originally Posted by
exterminator
Originally Posted by
HighCommander4
Originally Posted by
Lindley
In addition to NULLability, pointers have one other advantage over references: They can be reassigned.
Not to mention pointer arithmetic
Ok.
Do you mean to say that what can be achieved in C++ with pointer arithematic cannot be achieved in say C#/Java where you don't have pointers and hence pointer arithematic?
No, I mean to say that what can be achieved in C++ with pointer arithmetic cannot be achieved in C++ with references. Clearly Lindley was talking about C++ references, since Java/C# references can be reassigned.
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