Question about reference syntax

[chrisben]

I see syntax as

Object p;
...
Object& o = p;

Is this something similar as

Object p;
...
Object* o = &p;

Thanks

[a k n]

A pointer and reference are similar in many ways and a reference is almost always implemented as a pointer but it is better to differentiate them conceptually as :
Pointers --> Variables that store address of another variable.
References --> Another name or alias of some variable stored in memory.

... Is this something similar as ...

In a way yes but conceptually they are different.
With the pointer , we are constructing o wiht the address of p while with the reference we are declaring o as an alias of p.

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