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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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