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How are References internally implemented in C++?

Is it implemented as a constant pointer or in some other manner?
Sep 25 '10 #1
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It is implemented in some manor that almost certainly includes a point of some type. However I believe the exact implementation is implementation defined (i.e. it depends on the platform).
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