By definition, no. The only usages of pointers that don't involve dereferencing are retrieving or setting the value of the pointer (i.e. affecting the stored address).
There are no variables...
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By definition, no. The only usages of pointers that don't involve dereferencing are retrieving or setting the value of the pointer (i.e. affecting the stored address).
There are no variables...
I ask for you for an example to clarify your opinion, and reason for it, no more. I was seeking to understand why you consider it better, not to shoot your opinion down.
Your comment here is incorrect. The ampersand is required.
Would you care to provide an example to illustrate your claim that a pointer to 2D array with 5x5 elements is really "better".