C++ function parameters: use a reference or a pointer (and then dereference)?

Question

I was given some code in which some of the parameters are pointers, and then the pointers are dereferenced to provide values. I was concerned that the pointer dereferencing wou

Answer 1

References are very similar to pointers with one big difference: references can not be NULL. So you no not need to check if they are acutual usable objects (like for pointers).

Therefore I assume that compilers will produce the same code.