[SystemSafety] C++ and Pointers

[Peter Bernard Ladkin]

On 2019-06-05 15:39 , David Crocker wrote:
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> Yes, "int* iPtr1, iPtr2" is confusing. Very few C or C++ programmers would write that. 

Intentionally. They could be making a mistake or having finger trouble.

> However, int and int* are incompatible types, so the compiler would catch any attempt to use iPtr2 as a pointer. 

That is, "memory location" is the only strong data type in C++.

PBL

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