Re: Mr. Guedes, both =?UTF-8?B?4oCYICYgUmVmIOKAmSBhbmQg4oCYICYgWA==?= =?UTF-8?B?IOKAmSBhcmUg4oCYIDB4MDAxMmZmMjAg4oCZLg==?=

From:
Miguel Guedes <miguel.a.guedes@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:23:53 +0100
Message-ID:
<fI0Di.22277$5v1.6937@fe101.usenetserver.com>
Jeff???Relf wrote:

Re: Being able to do this:
??? int X = 1, Y = 2, & Ref = & X ;
  // Now ??? & Ref == & X ??? and ??? Ref == 1 ???.

  Y ++ ; & Ref = & Y ;
  // Now ??? X == 1 ???, ??? & Ref == & Y ??? and ??? Ref == 3 ???. ???.
  
You ( Mr. Guedes ) commented:
??? That's nonsensical. Ref is not a pointer,
  it exists in the stack or is static, depending on how it is declared;
  it has its own storage location.
  
  Good thing the standards don't depend on your wishes. ???.

You're quite mistaken, try this:


Yes I am. Contrary to what I said, Ref _is_ a pointer only it acts like a
normal variable. It was your overusing the & operator (&Ref=&Y) that somehow
mislead me and also some rushing on my part.

??? #pragma warning( disable: 4007 4101 4189 4244 4430 4508 )
  WinMain( int, int, int, int ) {

    int X, & Ref = X ;
    // Now both ??? & Ref ??? and ??? & X ??? are ??? 0x0012ff20 ???.
  } ???.


I misunderstood you completely and for that I apologise. You mean you'd like to
be able to change a reference var to point to something else? Something like:

int& ref = someVar; // references someVar

&ref = someOtherVar; // now references someOtherVar

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