Are there differences between pointers to object stored on stack and heap?

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Are there differences between pointers to object stored on stack and heap ? Are there internal representation in common C/C++ compilers (or JVM/LLVM) differs ?

this is very interesting question somehow related to main : memory location patterns on stack and heap

check out this answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/19623603/1099142 — java_doctor_101, Sep 05 '16 at 20:03

Paolo M · Answer 1 · 2016-09-05T20:01:45.413

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A pointer is a pointer. No matter where it points to.

I mean: you can assign to the same pointer both the address of a region on the stack and on the heap, don't you? So there cannot be any intrinsic difference between a pointer pointing here or there.

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answered Sep 05 '16 at 19:57

Paolo M

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score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '16 at 19:56

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The difference being ones on the stack you do not need to free

answered Sep 05 '16 at 19:56

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Are there differences between pointers to object stored on stack and heap?

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