Hi, I have a question regarding the references in C++.Can the references be allocated memory dynamically using malloc or new? If yes,is it required to deallocate the memory at the end? Prasanth
Yes (assuming you mean "can a reference point to memory that is dynamically allocated"). If you allocate memory with new or malloc, it is ALWAYS required to balance that with free or delete.
T* p = new T; T& r = *p; ///r is a reference to the dynamically allocated p here delete p; //ok, freeing memory r.dosomething;// undefined - the referent has been destroyed!
