refrnce.cpp

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// File from page 368 in "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel
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//: REFRNCE.CPP -- Simple C++ references

int* f(int* x) {
  (*x)++;
  return x; // Safe; x is outside this scope
}

int& g(int& x) {
  x++; // Same effect as in f()
  return x; // Safe; outside this scope
}

int& h() {
  int q;
//!  return q;  // Error
  static int x;
  return x; // Safe; x lives outside scope
}

main() {
  int A = 0;
  f(&A); // Ugly (but explicit)
  g(A);  // Clean (but hidden)
}