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C++ Pointers and References - Mastery Checklist

Core Concepts

Track your understanding of key concepts:

• Declaration syntax: & and * placement
• Pointers vs references: mental model
• Pointer arithmetic
• const correctness with pointers and references
• References as function parameters
• Pointer-to-pointer
• Null pointers and nullptr
• Dangling pointers and references
• Smart pointers (unique_ptr, shared_ptr, weak_ptr)
• Lvalue references vs rvalue references
• Move semantics
• Perfect forwarding
• Reference collapsing rules
• Common interview traps