readonly?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 09:00:26 Tobias Pankrath wrote:
> Bar b = new Bar;
> auto b2 = &b; // type of b2 is Bar*
> 
> So does it meen, that a pointer of type Bar* does not point to
> the real object?

It's a pointer to a reference, not to the object.

> How do I get such a pointer then and which type does it have?

I don't think that you can. It's a reference, not a pointer. And if you _can_ 
do it, I bet that it's not at all pretty. References are _not_ intended to be 
treated the same as pointers. They're similar, but they're fundamentally 
different. And instances of classes are intended to be referred to by 
references, _not_ be pointed to by pointers.

Rebindable is the correct solution to this "readonly" issue.

- Jonathan M Davis