Re: const ref vs. pointer

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You shoul get a compiler error for the statement

Employee& GetEmployee() const;

Vladimir Grigoriev

"Luca" <nojunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have 2 questions:

1. Which one is the best: Returning member variables of the class by const
ref or returning by pointer?

e.g.:

Employee* GetEmployee() const;
Employee& GetEmployee() const;

2. Which one is best: Passing a variable by const ref or by pointer?

e.g.:

void SetSalary(Employee* e);
void SetSalary(const Employee& e);

Thanks



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