On Oct 16, 6:47 pm, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
> xkenneth wrote:

[...]
> > binNode.h
> > ----------------

> > #ifndef BINNODE_H
> > #define BINNODE_H

> > class binNode
> > { public:
> > [...]
> > float& data;
> > };

> > #endif
> > -------------------

[...]
> Once you do, rethink your decision to store references in your nodes.
> References are very delicate things, they cannot be "re-seated" to refer
> to a different object.

Especially, in this case, a float& has absolutely no advantage
over a simple float.

> Once initialised, they refer to the same object as long as
> they live; assigning to a reference changes the object to
> which the reference refers.

I suspect that in this case, he could get by with a float
const&. But frankly, using anything but a simple float seems
very, very wrong.

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