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Article #652Re: Unitialized dynamic reference
From: John MAX Skaller
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:31
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:31
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In article <1dessbINNn1b@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> daniel@cse.ucsc.edu (Daniel R. Edelson) writes:
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>The draft standard has the following to say about references:
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>``The declaraion of a reference must contain an initializer except
>when the declaration contains an explicit extern specifier, is a
>class member, declaration within a class declaration, or is the
>declaration of an argument or return type.''
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>So, given that, is the following illegal?
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> new (int&)
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>All the compilers I tried permitted it.
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Wow, wonder what they allocated? IMHO: It does not make sense
to allocate a reference, only an object.
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU!maxtal From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller) Subject: Re: Unitialized dynamic reference Message-ID: <1992Nov10.013115.29919@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au Organization: MAXTAL P/L C/- University Computing Centre, Sydney References: <1dessbINNn1b@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:31:15 GMT Lines: 23