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+ | There is another Red Pill video that explores the actual machine instructed emitted by the compiler for pointer-related operations. Like the previous Red Pill video, this material is strictly optional and is not required to proceed with the tutorials--it will not be referenced in future tutorials. Viewer discretion is advised. The video can be found: here. | ||
== Homework == | == Homework == |
Revision as of 23:32, 18 May 2017
In this two-part tutorial we learn all about pointers and pointer-related bullshits. Part one focuses on the basics--the most common pointer operations and the basic underlying mechanisms. In part two, we take a look at some less commonly-used but still important pointer operations (pointer arithmetic), as well as some other concepts related to pointers. This tutorial introduces a lot of new concepts and features, but is light on practical examples. In the following tutorials we will get more hands-on practice with pointers, but also make sure to experiment with them on your own after finishing Tutorial 2.
Contents
Topics Covered
Part 1
- Declaring pointers
- The addressof operator
&
- The dereference (indirection) operator
*
- The arrow (member of pointer) operator
->
- The indexing (subscript) operator
[]
- The
nullptr
pointer literal - The
sizeof
query operator
Part 2
- Pointer Arithmetic
- Pointer
const
Correctness - Pointers to Pointers
- Pointer Reinterpretation
- C++ Style Casting
reinterpret_cast<>
- Linked Lists
Video Timestamp Index
Extra Content - Red Pill
There is another Red Pill video that explores the actual machine instructed emitted by the compiler for pointer-related operations. Like the previous Red Pill video, this material is strictly optional and is not required to proceed with the tutorials--it will not be referenced in future tutorials. Viewer discretion is advised. The video can be found: here.
Homework
Part 1
Write a function called sum
which returns the sum of all elements of an int
array.
Here is the solution video: solution video.
Part 2
There are 2 assignments. Assignment 1: modify the sum
function so that it uses pointer arithmetic. Assignment 2: create a new function to reverse an array of int
s.
Notes
- At 24:30 in Part 1, I show the calculation for indexing off of a pointer (
p[2]
) as B + 2 x 4 -> B, and then a memory store operation 69 -> int@[B], but in reality (optimized or not) the index calculation would be done as part of the memory access operation, so it would end up being something like 69 -> int@[B + 2 x 4].