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Knowing how references really differ from pointers should help you decide when to use references and when to stick with pointers. In C++, references provide many of the same capabilities as pointers.

How Rust deals with raw pointers. Complex data structures may have cycles, with separately allocated nodes that reference each other either directly or indirectly. Cycles present a challenge for ...