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Started by Andrew Nguyen February 01, 2002 10:47 PM

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Andrew Nguyen

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February 01, 2002 10:47 PM

What is the difference between aliases and pointers?

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Shannon Barber

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February 01, 2002 11:10 PM

An alias is a pointer that points to the same thing another pointer points to. Likewise with references

  int x;int& y(x);//y is an alias for x

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Andrew Nguyen

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February 01, 2002 11:12 PM

I asked for the difference, not rhetoric that means the same thing. (Or you can clarify...)

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python_regious

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February 02, 2002 08:50 AM

It''s your question that is screwed Andrew, not the reply. Try looking up the word "Alias" in a dictionary, and you''ll see where you are wrong. Pointers are aliases to whatever you make them point to, so when your question doesn''t make much sense. Perhaps you mean "What is the difference between pointers and references?"? If so, there is a little search button to the top right of this forum, I''ve seen it discussed a few times before.

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February 02, 2002 12:05 PM

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