C++ How reference works behind the scenes [duplicate]





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int *a = 5;

MyFunc(&a);


What are the behind the scenes working of '&' Is it just creating a pointer to the pointer and deferencing it automatically? or is it doing something different.



Is there any way to pass by "true" reference in C++ or will everything be a pointer passed by value?






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    I don't see any references here. &a is not a reference, it is an address of a, it has type int**.

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int *a = 5;

MyFunc(&a);


What are the behind the scenes working of '&' Is it just creating a pointer to the pointer and deferencing it automatically? or is it doing something different.



Is there any way to pass by "true" reference in C++ or will everything be a pointer passed by value?






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    I don't see any references here. &a is not a reference, it is an address of a, it has type int**.

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  • How is reference implemented internally?

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For example in



int *a = 5;

MyFunc(&a);


What are the behind the scenes working of '&' Is it just creating a pointer to the pointer and deferencing it automatically? or is it doing something different.



Is there any way to pass by "true" reference in C++ or will everything be a pointer passed by value?






c++ pointers reference







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  • How is reference implemented internally?

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For example in



int *a = 5;

MyFunc(&a);


What are the behind the scenes working of '&' Is it just creating a pointer to the pointer and deferencing it automatically? or is it doing something different.



Is there any way to pass by "true" reference in C++ or will everything be a pointer passed by value?





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    I don't see any references here. &a is not a reference, it is an address of a, it has type int**.

    – Evg
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:06
















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    I don't see any references here. &a is not a reference, it is an address of a, it has type int**.

    – Evg
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:06










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I don't see any references here. &a is not a reference, it is an address of a, it has type int**.

– Evg
Nov 16 '18 at 11:06







I don't see any references here. &a is not a reference, it is an address of a, it has type int**.

– Evg
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References in C++ are basically implemented as pointers. I would assume that's how they're implemented in all languages, not just C++.



There's an earlier question with better answers here: How is reference implemented internally?






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References in C++ are basically implemented as pointers. I would assume that's how they're implemented in all languages, not just C++.



There's an earlier question with better answers here: How is reference implemented internally?






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    – James
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:37
















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References in C++ are basically implemented as pointers. I would assume that's how they're implemented in all languages, not just C++.



There's an earlier question with better answers here: How is reference implemented internally?






share|improve this answer
























  • So, why the downvote?

    – James
    Nov 16 '18 at 11:37














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References in C++ are basically implemented as pointers. I would assume that's how they're implemented in all languages, not just C++.



There's an earlier question with better answers here: How is reference implemented internally?






share|improve this answer













References in C++ are basically implemented as pointers. I would assume that's how they're implemented in all languages, not just C++.



There's an earlier question with better answers here: How is reference implemented internally?







share|improve this answer












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  • So, why the downvote?

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So, why the downvote?

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So, why the downvote?

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