On Oct 16, 6:54 pm, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
> xkenneth wrote:
> > [..]
> > I also agree that using references is a little goofy, but I must use
> > the header files given by my professor.

> > Is there any other reason why this wouldn't work?

> You will need to implement pruning and grafting correctly if you're
> forced to use references. And you need to implement construction
> properly (no assignment to 'data', use initialisation only).

He can make it work exactly as if he'd used a simple float by
initializing the reference with a *new float in the constructor,
and adding a delete &data in the destructor. It's stupid to do
so, of course, but since he says the prof. insists.

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