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on April 19, 2013
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Why Maybe Is Better Than Null
Is that C++? Just use a reference if you want a pointer which asserts it can't be null.
kruffin
on April 19, 2013
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It's Java ;P I haven't used C++ in a long time. But you are correct a reference does exactly what he wants.
For anyone who needs to look it up like me:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(C%2B%2B)
acomar
on April 19, 2013
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Except the reference can itself be null, which is still problematic.
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