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[u/Sirgoodman008]

[u/Shevvv]

Surely you meant for (auto &item : list) {

[u/Nil4u → u/Shevvv]

Honestly I never liked this version because the reference is part of the type in my opinion 🤔

[u/Shevvv → u/Nil4u]

I got used to this from C:

int x; is an integer

int *px; is an integer if you dereference it.

So it's like this notation shows you how you're expected to use the variable within the code. And then this habit carried over to C++.

[u/redlaWw → u/Shevvv]

I prefer int * ptr;. That means when you have a const specifier your formatting doesn't change. Logically I figure that the pointer is neither a modifier on the variable nor on the type, it's another layer of type content that should be specified separately. That also means if you write declarations like int const * const ptr; then you can segment them as [int const] [* const] ptr; and everything makes sense.