file stream pointers

[Script Coder]

I would just like to know is doing this:
void foo(ifstream fin);

less efficient than this:
void foo(ifstream *fin);

[cire]

I believe the second is probably more efficient, since the first isn't legal.

Perhaps you meant:

void foo(ifstream & fin);

in which case the "efficiency" is equivalent.

[Aceix]

yeah i think thats true.

Aceix.