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Rule 5-0-19 are references also considered a 'pointer indirection'?

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Rule 5-0-19 are references also considered a 'pointer indirection'?
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31-10-2016, 03:16 PM
References are not a level of indirection.

The rule is trying to limit the complexity when accessing / understanding multiple levels of pointers - a reference simply creates an alias for an object and does not add any further levels of indirection
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