hi,
can somebody explain whether it is better to use a
reference/pointer/value in a following situation
class A
{
public:
int i_a;
};
class B
{
public:
int i_b;
};
class common
{
public:
common(const A *pa, const B *pa)
: i_a(pa->i_a),
i_b(pb->i_b)
{}
int &i_a;
int &i_b;
};
here what i want to do is use 'common' type of object as a container
to carry data which are in A and B
the questions i have are
1) by using references does 'common' become large in size(sizeof
references is size of datatype)
2)if so is it advantagous to use references over pointers
