3. Pointers, references, VFTs and constness

Synopsis
Following on from the C++ memory model session, this session will cover everything you need to know when using pointers and references, as well as virtual functions and constness:
The basics of pointers & references
Taking the address of an object, dereferencing
Assigning to pointers & assigning into pointers
The vftable: How do virtual functions work in a class/struct, including how do overrides work?
Constness, including const member functions
Const pointers, references and const objects
Using const references to avoid copies in function invocations
Slides
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June Rhodes - She/Her
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June is the owner of Redpoint Games, where she develops multiplayer and online-focused plugins for the Unreal Engine Marketplace. June has over a decade of programming experience, and has been writing low level C++ code for Unreal Engine for the last few years.
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