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February 1999 Code
September 25, 2000
From the February 1999 Issue
Object-Oriented C++ from Scratch: References Available Upon Request
by Jesse Liberty
Listing 1.
Assigning to a reference.
Listing 2.
Passing by value.
Listing 3.
Passing by reference with pointers.
Listing 4.
Passing by reference with references.
Listing 5.
Passing objects.
Listing 6.
Don’t return a local variable by reference.
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