Is there a Design Pattern for preventing dangling references?

I was thinking about a design for custom handles. The thought is to prevent clients from copying around large objects. Now a regular handle class would probably suffice for that, but it doesn’t solve the “dangling reference problem”;

Is there a Design Pattern for preventing dangling references?

I was thinking about a design for custom handles. The thought is to prevent clients from copying around large objects. Now a regular handle class would probably suffice for that, but it doesn’t solve the “dangling reference problem”;

Is there a Design Pattern for preventing dangling references?

I was thinking about a design for custom handles. The thought is to prevent clients from copying around large objects. Now a regular handle class would probably suffice for that, but it doesn’t solve the “dangling reference problem”;

Do objects maintain identity under all non-cloning conditions in PHP?

PHP 5.5

Why is C++ “this” poorly designed?

For every a and b which are non-const pointers of the same type, you can do a = b;, right?

Why is C++ “this” poorly designed?

For every a and b which are non-const pointers of the same type, you can do a = b;, right?

Why is C++ “this” poorly designed?

For every a and b which are non-const pointers of the same type, you can do a = b;, right?

Why is C++ “this” poorly designed?

For every a and b which are non-const pointers of the same type, you can do a = b;, right?

Storing a pointer to an argument passed by (non-const) reference

When designing an interface for passing objects which are meant to be stored for later use and which should not be ‘null’, I am always a bit uncertain if the argument should be passed by reference or as a pointer.

Storing a pointer to an argument passed by (non-const) reference

When designing an interface for passing objects which are meant to be stored for later use and which should not be ‘null’, I am always a bit uncertain if the argument should be passed by reference or as a pointer.