Thread: A homework problem about C++ (Pointer)

Code:

    if(rhInt.value == 0) {
//  the right hand side points to nothing, so that we are equal later we should point
//  to nothing therefore we set the pointer we are going to be using to nothing/null
        new_int = 0;
    } else {
//  The right hand side points to something, we want to point to a different something 
//  that is a copy of the other something therefor we set new_int to point to the result
//  of calling new.
    new_int = new  // A new something but a new what?
                    int   // the type of the new something, we need to call a constructor
                       (  // what constructor?
                        * // we are dereferencing somthing this has type int. thus a
                          // construtor that takes a single value of type int, 
                          // int's copy ctor int::int(const int &other);
                          (rhInt.value) // what we are dereferencing, this has type
                                        // pointer to int
                  );
    }

it's just shorter the other way.
On edit: and Hunters version will actually work.