Re: [Opencxx-users] C++ design patterns

[SF M. E. <el...@us...>]

> Third, observe that OpenC++ uses garbage collection. The popular idiom
> that reference is a non-owning pointer is not useful in this context.
> Moreover, it can be deadly if function stores the reference passed in.
> AFAIK the original idea was then to stick to the pointers.

One thing that I like with references is: You do not need to check for null pointers. They must be initialized.