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"I want to live forever in AI" (lemmy.ml)

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"I want to live forever in AI"

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[–] pewpew@feddit.it 13 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Whats the difference between void fn(Type& var) and void fn(Type* var)?

[–] cbazero@programming.dev 8 points 4 months ago

I guess you ask for C++. There Type* can be null while Type& can't be null. When it gets compiled Type& is compiled (mostly) to the same machinecode as Type*.

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