passing pointers to function that takes a reference?

Question

In C++, when you have a function that takes a reference to an object, how can you pass an object pointer to it?

As so:

Myobject * obj = new Myobject(); somefunc(obj); //-> Does not work?? Illegal cast?? somefunc(Myobject& b) { // Do something }

GManNickG · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-23 08:18:32Z

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Just dereference the pointer, resulting in the lvalue:

somefun(*obj);

answered Jul 23, 2010 at 8:18

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Guillaume Lebourgeois · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-23 08:19:06Z

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you just have to do :

somfunc(*obj);

answered Jul 23, 2010 at 8:19

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