On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 09:00:26 Tobias Pankrath wrote: > Bar b = new Bar; > auto b2 = &b; // type of b2 is Bar* > > So does it meen, that a pointer of type Bar* does not point to > the real object?
It's a pointer to a reference, not to the object. > How do I get such a pointer then and which type does it have? I don't think that you can. It's a reference, not a pointer. And if you _can_ do it, I bet that it's not at all pretty. References are _not_ intended to be treated the same as pointers. They're similar, but they're fundamentally different. And instances of classes are intended to be referred to by references, _not_ be pointed to by pointers. Rebindable is the correct solution to this "readonly" issue. - Jonathan M Davis
