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When the c++ compiler generates very similar assembler code for a reference and pointer, why is using references preferred (and considered safer) compared to pointers? I did see Difference between pointer variable and reference variable in C++ which discusses the differences between them. EDIT-1: I was looking at the assembler code generated by g++ for this small program: int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { int a; int &ra = a; int *pa = &a; }
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