In computer science, an indirection is a way of referring to something using a name, reference, or container instead of the value itself. The most common form of indirection is the act of manipulating a value through its memory address; e.g., accessing a variable through the use of a pointer.
In computer science, an indirection is a way of referring to something using a name, reference, or container instead of the value itself. The most common form of indirection is the act of manipulating a value through its memory address; e.g., accessing a variable through the use of a pointer.
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