Pointer Reference or Pointer-to-Pointer
This one is about a hardcore Ansi-C++ topic. For many of us , pointers to pointers are subtle things. But a lurking C++ feature eases our life...
#include
using namespace std;
// Pointer references , C++ style - new fashion
void increment(int*& i)
{
i++;
}
// Pointers to Pointers , C style - old fahion
void decrement(int** i)
{
(*i)--;
}
int main()
{
int* i = 0;
cout << "i = " << i << endl;
increment(i);
cout << "i = " << i << endl;
decrement(&i);
cout << "i = " << i << endl;
return 0;
}
// The output is ;
// i = 00000000
// i = 00000004
// i = 00000000