From: sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
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Subject: Re: how do I pass more than one value out of a function???
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 21:17:08 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:39:54 -0700:

>References in C++ were added to facilitate operator overloading, and
>became a standard part of the language.  But under normal circumstances
>they should be used exceptionally sparingly (except when passing const
>references).

Why? I mean, there is logically (and technically) no difference between
passing a pointer and changing the values pr passing a reference and changing
values. I rarely use references because I don't like it but I would be
interested in knowing what disadvantages this would have. I also encountered a
function where I detected that using references was the only way to solve my
problem.

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   Gerhard

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