@cmuratori @thorduragust There is also the promise that the reference is never null, whereas the pointer could be.
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Replying to @jwatte
@jwatte@cmuratori@thorduragust Except with a giant asterisk next to 'never'.2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@jwatte@thorduragust Yes, I feel like people are conflating the _semantic_ difference with the _practical_ difference.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@nothings@jwatte@thorduragust There is only a _semantic_ difference as far as I know - the actual codegen does not change.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@nothings@jwatte@thorduragust the promise of non-null references in c++ are bullshit, trivial to break by mistake1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JimKjellin@cmuratori@jwatte@thorduragust By spec, a well-formed program has no NULL references. But a well-formed program has no NULL1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JimKjellin@cmuratori@jwatte@thorduragust pointer dereferences either (if you deref NULL, it's not well-formed), so it's a vacuous claim.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@JimKjellin@cmuratori@jwatte@thorduragust references put the responsibility on the creator of objects, vs the pointers on user1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @katanadash
@katanadash@JimKjellin@cmuratori@jwatte@thorduragust I have no idea what you mean, but I'm done arguing about this.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nothings
@nothings@JimKjellin@cmuratori@jwatte@thorduragust I guess, i apologize for insulting your dearly held programming beliefs ;-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@katanadash @nothings @JimKjellin @jwatte @thorduragust In case anyone cares, I will explain this on @handmade_hero tonight (in 15 minutes).
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Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@katanadash@nothings@JimKjellin@jwatte@thorduragust I'm of the same "opinion" as Sean, although it's more of a fact :P2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@katanadash@nothings@JimKjellin@jwatte@thorduragust I think Qt has a good point on semantics here https://wiki.qt.io/API_Design_Principles#Pointers_vs._References …0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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