3 <meta http-equiv=
"Content-Type" content=
"text/html; charset=US-ASCII">
4 <title>References
</title>
5 <link rel=
"stylesheet" href=
"../../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css" type=
"text/css">
6 <meta name=
"generator" content=
"DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2">
7 <link rel=
"home" href=
"../../index.html" title=
"Chapter 1. Phoenix 3.2.0">
8 <link rel=
"up" href=
"../starter_kit.html" title=
"Starter Kit">
9 <link rel=
"prev" href=
"values.html" title=
"Values">
10 <link rel=
"next" href=
"arguments.html" title=
"Arguments">
12 <body bgcolor=
"white" text=
"black" link=
"#0000FF" vlink=
"#840084" alink=
"#0000FF">
13 <table cellpadding=
"2" width=
"100%"><tr>
14 <td valign=
"top"><img alt=
"Boost C++ Libraries" width=
"277" height=
"86" src=
"../../../../../../boost.png"></td>
15 <td align=
"center"><a href=
"../../../../../../index.html">Home
</a></td>
16 <td align=
"center"><a href=
"../../../../../../libs/libraries.htm">Libraries
</a></td>
17 <td align=
"center"><a href=
"http://www.boost.org/users/people.html">People
</a></td>
18 <td align=
"center"><a href=
"http://www.boost.org/users/faq.html">FAQ
</a></td>
19 <td align=
"center"><a href=
"../../../../../../more/index.htm">More
</a></td>
22 <div class=
"spirit-nav">
23 <a accesskey=
"p" href=
"values.html"><img src=
"../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt=
"Prev"></a><a accesskey=
"u" href=
"../starter_kit.html"><img src=
"../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt=
"Up"></a><a accesskey=
"h" href=
"../../index.html"><img src=
"../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt=
"Home"></a><a accesskey=
"n" href=
"arguments.html"><img src=
"../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt=
"Next"></a>
26 <div class=
"titlepage"><div><div><h3 class=
"title">
27 <a name=
"phoenix.starter_kit.references"></a><a class=
"link" href=
"references.html" title=
"References">References
</a>
28 </h3></div></div></div>
30 References are functions. They hold a reference to a value stored somewhere.
33 <pre class=
"programlisting"><span class=
"keyword">int
</span> <span class=
"identifier">i
</span> <span class=
"special">=
</span> <span class=
"number">3</span><span class=
"special">;
</span>
34 <span class=
"keyword">char
</span> <span class=
"keyword">const
</span><span class=
"special">*
</span> <span class=
"identifier">s
</span> <span class=
"special">=
</span> <span class=
"string">"Hello World"</span><span class=
"special">;
</span>
37 we create
<code class=
"computeroutput"><span class=
"identifier">references
</span></code> to
38 <code class=
"computeroutput"><span class=
"identifier">i
</span></code> and
<code class=
"computeroutput"><span class=
"identifier">s
</span></code>
41 <pre class=
"programlisting"><span class=
"identifier">ref
</span><span class=
"special">(
</span><span class=
"identifier">i
</span><span class=
"special">)
</span>
42 <span class=
"identifier">ref
</span><span class=
"special">(
</span><span class=
"identifier">s
</span><span class=
"special">)
</span>
45 Like
<code class=
"computeroutput"><span class=
"identifier">val
</span></code>, the expressions
46 above evaluates to a nullary function; the first one returning an
<code class=
"computeroutput"><span class=
"keyword">int
</span><span class=
"special">&</span></code>,
47 and the second one returning a
<code class=
"computeroutput"><span class=
"keyword">char
</span>
48 <span class=
"keyword">const
</span><span class=
"special">*
&</span></code>.
51 (See
<a href=
"../../../../example/references.cpp" target=
"_top">references.cpp
</a>)
54 <p class=
"title"><b></b></p>
56 <span class=
"inlinemediaobject"><img src=
"../../images/tip.png"></span>
57 Learn more about references
<a class=
"link" href=
"../modules/core/references.html" title=
"References">here.
</a>
61 <table xmlns:
rev=
"http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width=
"100%"><tr>
62 <td align=
"left"></td>
63 <td align=
"right"><div class=
"copyright-footer">Copyright
© 2002-
2005,
2010,
2014,
2015 Joel de Guzman, Dan Marsden, Thomas
64 Heller, John Fletcher
<p>
65 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version
1.0. (See accompanying
66 file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
<a href=
"http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target=
"_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
</a>)
71 <div class=
"spirit-nav">
72 <a accesskey=
"p" href=
"values.html"><img src=
"../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt=
"Prev"></a><a accesskey=
"u" href=
"../starter_kit.html"><img src=
"../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt=
"Up"></a><a accesskey=
"h" href=
"../../index.html"><img src=
"../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt=
"Home"></a><a accesskey=
"n" href=
"arguments.html"><img src=
"../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt=
"Next"></a>