You require to use them (Mansfield, 2013): 1. At times, an object is passed as a pointer because you want the function to access the object itself and not its copy. 2. If you need to implement polymorphism. But this… Continue Reading
I suppose it is an error on programmer’s end when they forget to initialize a pointer correctly. If they don’t want to initialize to some other variable, at least initializing it to NULL would help. Basically when declaring a pointer and… Continue Reading
Engels (2016) has done a great comparison based on performance for Java and C++. In his study, he states “To demonstrate that, I’ve developed a set of simple benchmarks that test some of the critical aspects of the software used in a trading… Continue Reading
Each pointer must be initialized; I suppose it is an error on programmer’s end when they forget to do so. If they don’t want to initialize to some other variable, at least initializing it to NULL would help? Basically when declaring… Continue Reading