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Pointer to Pointer and Reference to Pointer

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11 Jan 2018CPOL4 min read 960.5K   540   138  
Explains the reason behind using pointer-to-pointer and reference-to-pointer to modify a pointer passed to a function

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Shao Voon is from Singapore. His interest lies primarily in computer graphics, software optimization, concurrency, security, and Agile methodologies.

In recent years, he shifted focus to software safety research. His hobby is writing a free C++ DirectX photo slideshow application which can be viewed here.

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