Reference

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Declaring

int & a = b;

Rules

1. References must be initialized when defined
2. Bindings don’t change at run time, unlike pointers
3. The target of a reference must have a location!
4. No references to references
5. No pointers to references
   1. int&* p; // illegal
   2. Reference to pointer is ok
6. No arrays of references

Pointers vs. References

References	Pointers
can't be null	can be set to null
are dependent on an existing variable, they are an alias for an variable	pointer is independent of existing objects
can't change to a new "address" location	can change to point to a different address