More on % (managed reference)

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Keith Duggar asked:

Ok, I'm missing a basic point here. So, out of curiousity:

1) Is there any overhead associated with using 'T%' in place of 'T&'?

No.

2) Are there things that can be done with 'T&' that cannot be done with 'T%'

Yes: A % can only exist on the stack (a CLI limitation). Cases where a C++ program puts a & on the heap are relatively rare -- you'd have to a have a reference member of an object, which is problematic in general -- but % can't be a drop-in replacement for that use of &.