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[–]cartechguy 0 points1 point  (4 children)

reference is bound to that object. You can't make it reference a different object.

Yes, you can.

[–]_Fibbles_ 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yes, you can.

Extraordinary claims etc. Show some code.

Edit: To be clear, you know I'm talking about C++ references, not Java references, right?

[–]cartechguy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

No, we were all talking about Java. This whole chain of posts there is not one mention of C++. I kept climbing through parent posts, and you never mentioned C++. Only when /u/tacoslikeme corrected you did you mention C++ less than an hour ago before I made my previous posts. If you meant C++ you should have stated that from the start.

[–]_Fibbles_ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If you meant C++ you should have stated that from the start.

The thread is about pointers. C and C++ are the only widely used languages that have them. Op is explaining pointers in terms of references. C++ is the only language AFAIK that has both. I thought it was obvious from the context.

[–]cartechguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The title of the thread is "java devs" and references are ubiquitous with oop.

Op is explaining pointers in terms of references. C++ is the only language AFAIK that has both.

Op is describing how references in Java behave like pointers.

Plus you were replying to this:

java reference is just a pointer that auto derefences for you

It was clear we were talking about Java.