Could anyone explain with some examples when it is better to call functions by reference and when it is better to call by address?
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Could anyone explain with some examples when it is better to call functions by reference and when it is better to call by address?
Pass your arguments to function using reference whenever possible. Passing arguments by reference eliminate the chance of them being NULL. If you want it to be possible to pass NULL value to a function then use pointer.