Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 23:39:42 -0400
From: mike 
To: accu-general@accu.org
Subject: Re: accu-general: Pointers and references the mfc way

>From mike 
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> the existence of a pointer parameter implicitly
> says "this parameter is optional (unless otherwise documented).",
> whereas a reference says "this is MANDATORY."

Last fall I wrote the rough draft of an article discussing such things
as when to use pointers, references, or whole objects (passing by value,
etc.).

It's not done yet and there are some errors but you might find it
interesting.  I'd appreciate any comments:

http://www.goingware.com/tips/parameters/

because it's not done yet it's not yet linked from my main Tips page.

Mike

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