Whats the difrence Pointer and Refrence

[WetCode]

So what is the difrence betwen.
SomeStruct* StructOne;
and
SomeStruct & StructTwo; // Can not be null?

[Avilius]

A pointer points to an object, while a reference is the object.

[WetCode]

So in essence a pointer is the address and the reference is a representation of that object?

[Little Bobby Tables]

a pointer tells the location of an adress of a block of data. a reference is a well a reference to a block of data to manipulate and use it

[WetCode]

So passing somthing by refrence &SomeObject is the same as just passing SomeObject.
With the difrence beeing &SomeObject is "safe" since the object must be initelized?

[helios]

So passing somthing by refrence &SomeObject is the same as just passing SomeObject.

No.
1. Changes to the reference are reflected in the object.
2. No copies are made.

With the difrence beeing &SomeObject is "safe" since the object must be initelized?

No. A reference may point to an uninitialized object. The reference itself is guaranteed to be initialized. In other words, a reference will point to an object, unlike a pointer, which may point to nothing.

For pedagogic reasons, you can think of references as being equivalent to pointers except:
* You use . instead of ->
* A reference can't point to invalid memory.