strange problem passing a vector

[wysota]

I think that if you have a method that returns void, passing a reference to a pointer to return something from the method doesn't make much sense - it's better to use a more... traditional approach. But in the above situation it doesn't make sense to pass a reference to a pointer.

[Gopala Krishna]

I think that if you have a method that returns void, passing a reference to a pointer to return something from the method doesn't make much sense - it's better to use a more... traditional approach. But in the above situation it doesn't make sense to pass a reference to a pointer.

Yes, but may be you can use them in helper functions like this.. It saves function calls as well as neatly modularizes the code. Ofcourse it is not conventional.

void createResources(int *&handle, SomeResource *&s, Pen *& pen)
{
}

[wysota]

Yes, maybe... But I wouldn't. Try maintaining such code... Besides, in most cases you'd pass a reference to an object, not to its pointer.