Talk:Language Comparison Table: Difference between revisions

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identifier of D is “''deriveddeclaratortypelist'' reference to T.” ''[...]'' [Note: a reference can be

thought of as a name of an object. ]

::::: I cannot see where it follows from that [[C++]] references are names. Do you mean "name", a syntactical element, "identifier", member of a name space? This is obviously wrong, because references can be created dynamically as most of other objects, while names are static. --[[User:Dmitry-kazakov|Dmitry-kazakov]] 15:16, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

::: And later:

:::: 3 It is unspecified whether or not a reference requires storage (3.7).

::: Given that objects do require storage, this clearly shows that references are not objects.

::::: Wrong. The compiler is free to optimize any objects out, while preserving the program semantics. [[C++]] merely gives an explicit permission to do so for reference objects. --[[User:Dmitry-kazakov|Dmitry-kazakov]] 15:16, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

::: Also note that the standard always mentions references explicitly after objects, where both objects and references can be used.

::: But of course you are invited to quote relevant parts of the standard (of a draft of your choice) to try to disproof me. --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 14:46, 5 August 2008 (UTC)