Francis Glassborow wrote:
>

> >OK. I give up.  In what sense is "this" not a pointer?
>
> In the sense that it is more akin to a reference in semantics, though it
> has the syntax of a pointer.
>

Note, however, that in the _bad old days_ assignment to the this pointer
was allowed because class operators new/delete had not yet been added to
the language.


Regards, John.

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