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Reference is to one object can not be changed to another object
Reference should be initialized always.

Any other Differences??

- Anonymous November 21, 2009 | Flag Reply
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POINTER

1) Its not necessary to initialize the pointer at the time of declaration. Like

int a = 10;

int *P = &a; //It is not necessary

Another way is :

int a = 10;

int *P;
P = &a;

2) You can create the array of Pointer.

3) You can assign NULL to the pointer like

int *P = NULL; //Valid

4) You can use pointer to pointer.

REFERENCE

1) Its necessary to initialize the Reference at the time of declaration. Like

int &a = 10;

int &a; //Error here but not in case of Pointer.

2) You can not create the Array of reference.

3) You can not assign NULL to the reference like

int &a = NULL; //Error

4) You can not use reference to reference.

- Anonymous November 27, 2009 | Flag Reply
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Is reference a pointer?

* Reference is an implicit pointer
* Must tell it which variable it will become an alias for
* References do not require dereferencing
* No acquisition of memory address required
* References are often implemented by the compiler writers as pointers.
* References are "safer"


Is there any adv of references over pointers?

* References do not require dereferencing
* No acquisition of memory address required
* References are "safer"

Is there any adv of pointers over references? (yes, both this and the last qn is valid)

* Pointer can be left uninitialized.
* Pointer can be stored in Container classes, References cannot, as they are uninitialized.
* Most programs has "NULL" values, Pointers are recommended in these cases.
* Pointer can easily visualize side-effect is local or not.

- Ankush Bindlish November 27, 2009 | Flag Reply
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also pointer arithmetic

- amm February 25, 2011 | Flag Reply


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