[openbeos] Re: Pointer or reference?
- From: Michael Phipps <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:01:11 -0500
I will speak only of my personal preference. :-)
I vastly prefer references.
I use pointers when:
1) I need nullability (or anytime null is an option)
2) When I am using the pointer to become part of something else. Example:
foo::initialize(int *c) {
intPtr=c;
}
On 2004-03-26 at 09:10:06 [-0500], Waldemar Kornewald wrote:
> Hi,
> this is a code-style question:
> When should I use a pointer as a parameter and when should I use a
reference?
> Is the general convention that a pointer indicates that the passed
> information will be modified? But the BMessage in MessageReceived() is a
> pointer although it is not intended to be modified by the receiver.
>
> Bye,
> Waldemar
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