query: Limitations associated with returning a reference as opposed to a pointer
positive_passages.docid: 5165
positive_passages.text: What are the differences between a pointer variable and a reference variable in C++?
negative_passages.docid: 65580
negative_passages.text: Difference between pointer and reference as thread parameter
negative_passages.docid: 119780
negative_passages.text: How do pointer-to-pointer's work in C? (and when might you use them?)
negative_passages.docid: 102527
negative_passages.text: Can a C++ function be declared such that the return value cannot be ignored?
negative_passages.docid: 32976
negative_passages.text: Why cast unused return values to void?
negative_passages.docid: 145784
negative_passages.text: Is the pointer guaranteed to be > a certain value?
negative_passages.docid: 37961
negative_passages.text: What is a good general approach for deciding return values in C?
negative_passages.docid: 58542
negative_passages.text: What is a reference variable in C++?
negative_passages.docid: 67942
negative_passages.text: Does Java have pointers?
negative_passages.docid: 81421
negative_passages.text: C++ reference and non reference return of class object- why output same?
negative_passages.docid: 91999
negative_passages.text: C++: Why pass-by-value is generally more efficient than pass-by-reference for built-in (i.e., C-like) types
negative_passages.docid: 34534
negative_passages.text: Difference between returning reference vs returning value C++
negative_passages.docid: 7789
negative_passages.text: Is it better in C++ to pass by value or pass by constant reference?
negative_passages.docid: 110231
negative_passages.text: Returning Large Objects in Functions
negative_passages.docid: 52853
negative_passages.text: Should I explicitly cast malloc()'s return value?
negative_passages.docid: 65383
negative_passages.text: Is it Possible to Return a Reference to a Variable in C#?
negative_passages.docid: 90198
negative_passages.text: Can we change the value of an object defined with const through pointers?