Thread: Reference & Pointer :: C++

Performancewise, is it better to pass by reference or pass by pointer if applicable?

Thanks,
Kuphryn

"1. Use References instead of pointers for efficiency"

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Okay. Thanks.

Oh oh. Looks like I need to go back to my notes in C++ How To...

Kuphryn

To quote from my C++ How to....

Deitel & Deitel Software Engineering Observation:
For the combined reasons of clarity and performance, many C++ programmers perfer that modifiable arguments be passed to functions by using pointers, small non-modifiable arguments be passed call-by-value, and large non-modifiable arguements be passed to functions by using references to constants.

Ted