On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 09:05, Herb Sutter via Lib-Ext
<lib-ext_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Aren't local references useful to express aliases, for example to a member of an array or container?
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> Yes. Pointers can do it equivalently, it's a style choice.
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> For example, this local reference is useful:
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> int& r = a[f(i)];
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> // ... then use r repeatedly ...
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> Or you can equivalently use a pointer:
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> int* p = a[f(i)];
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> // ... then use *p repeatedly ...

Is that latter line intended to be
int* p = &a[f(i)];
?