Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!uunet!snorkelwacker!husc6!ngo@tammy.harvard.edu From: ngo@flash.harvard.EDU (Thomas Ngo) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: How does a reference differ from a const *const? Keywords: reference Message-ID: <3679@husc6.harvard.edu> Date: 30 Jul 90 14:07:39 GMT Sender: news@husc6.harvard.edu Reply-To: ngo@tammy.harvard.EDU (Thomas Ngo) Followup-To: comp.std.c++ Distribution: usa Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard University Lines: 5 How does a reference differ from a const pointer to a const object (besides the obvious need to dereference the latter)? I hope this question is in the spirit of this newsgroup.