If I declare:
int &y;
int *x;
x is of type "int *", but What is the type of variable y? Or does it not even make sense to ask that question?
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http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/references.html – NickLamp Feb 22 '16 at 20:20
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[en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/reference](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/reference) – skypjack Feb 22 '16 at 20:22
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This is a perfectly valid question. The type of variables is an int. However both use a different way of referencing the variable. According to standard nomenclature, in your case x is referred to as a pointer to an int. Whereas y is a reference to an int. Hope that helps.
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1I would appreciate it if there was an explanation that would go along with the downvote. – siphr Feb 22 '16 at 20:56