So I am learning c++/cli and I have a couple of questions about
handles. From what I understand these two are pretty similar except
that handles point to Managed Heap and Pointer point to the native
heap. My question is in the following code where is the handle
pointing to?
int^ handle = 5;
is this on the managed heap? and what is the diff between the above
and this:
int^ handle = gcnew int;
handle = 5;
Are they both the same? if so then what is the point of using the
gcnew keyword. Also does a handle (similar to a pointer) holds the
memory address of the item? If so then why can't u do something like
this?
int a = 6;
int^ handle = &a;
and lastly, since we can use things like realloc and calloc in C, are
their similar functions for handles?
Thanks
Jack
handles. From what I understand these two are pretty similar except
that handles point to Managed Heap and Pointer point to the native
heap. My question is in the following code where is the handle
pointing to?
int^ handle = 5;
is this on the managed heap? and what is the diff between the above
and this:
int^ handle = gcnew int;
handle = 5;
Are they both the same? if so then what is the point of using the
gcnew keyword. Also does a handle (similar to a pointer) holds the
memory address of the item? If so then why can't u do something like
this?
int a = 6;
int^ handle = &a;
and lastly, since we can use things like realloc and calloc in C, are
their similar functions for handles?
Thanks
Jack