reference has a rule of reference.

[black]

Howdy.

when I practise something about reference I figure out we could not declare a reference with more than 1 line, otherwise we would get an error.

we could:

int r;
int & ref=r; 

but we couldnt:

int r;
int & ref;
ref=r; 

Because I know not much about reference and something relatively, so, anyone would give some information about others which are suitable for this rule ?
thanx in advance~

[snowy101]

basicly what your telling the computer with the 2nd php is that and integar will be stored in r and then the 2nd line says int and ref and thats it doesn't equal anything or tell it what to do it just tells the computer that int and ref ..... and then it gets confused and crashes thats why it doesn't work.

and if it works on the first php then use it. i remember this phrase if it isn't broken dont fix it. =) just use the first one unless it messes up something else in your program

best of luck (snowy)

[black]

Originally posted by snowy101
basicly what your telling the computer with the 2nd php is that and integar will be stored in r and then the 2nd line says int and ref and thats it doesn't equal anything or tell it what to do it just tells the computer that int and ref ..... and then it gets confused and crashes thats why it doesn't work.

and if it works on the first php then use it. i remember this phrase if it isn't broken dont fix it. =) just use the first one unless it messes up something else in your program

best of luck (snowy)

thanx, Snowy~

and what about others such as pointer ? is this rule convenient for them then ?

[SilentStrike]

References must be initialized where they are declared because they are always valid. While a pointer can point to nothing (IE, NULL or 0), a reference always refers to an object.

If you try to declare a reference to nothing, like in your code, you get an error, because a reference always must reference something.

[black]

Originally posted by SilentStrike
References must be initialized where they are declared because they are always valid. While a pointer can point to nothing (IE, NULL or 0), a reference always refers to an object.

If you try to declare a reference to nothing, like in your code, you get an error, because a reference always must reference something.

got it ! thanx~