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It's Java ;P I haven't used C++ in a long time. But you are correct a reference does exactly what he wants.

For anyone who needs to look it up like me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(C%2B%2B)




Except the reference can itself be null, which is still problematic.




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