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About the Book

128 FUN Puzzles of Increasing Difficulty Where You Must Ask: Was that a copy, or was it a reference, and who last changed that value?

Example puzzle:

void run() {
  char char_1{'t'};
  char_1 = 'm';
  auto &char_3 = char_1;
  char_1 = 'u';
  char char_5{'o'};
  char_1 = 'c';
  auto &char_7 = char_3;
  char char_8{'l'};
  auto &char_9 = char_1;
  char_8 = 'k';
  auto &char_11 = char_7;
  char char_12{'l'};
  print("{}{}{}{}{}", char_1, char_12, char_5, char_7, char_8);
}
Answer (5): __ __ __ __ __

What is printed?

About the Author

Jason Turner

@lefticus

Jason is host of C++Weekly https://www.youtube.com/c/JasonTurner-lefticus, Co-host of CppCast http://cppcast.com, Co-creator and maintainer of the embedded scripting language for C++, ChaiScript http://chaiscript.com, and author and curator of the forkable coding standards