Re: pointer versus reference in constructors

From: JKop (NULL_at_NULL.NULL)
Date: 05/25/04

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    DaKoadMunky posted:

    > Note: As shown by Scott Meyers in his "Effective C++" series it is
    > possible to have a null reference...
    >
    > T *ptr = 0;
    > T &ref = *ptr;
    >
    > ...but he refers to such usage as evil and states something to the
    > effect that the author of such code deserves whatever fate befalls
    > them.

    Even if they win a life-time supply of ice-cream, strawberry syrup and 100s
    'n' 1000s?

    -JKop

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