Zeigerübergabe
Zeigerübergabe, a German term often translated as "pointer handover" or "pointer transfer," refers to a specific concept within computer programming, particularly in languages that utilize manual memory management such as C or C++. It describes the act of transferring ownership of a pointer from one variable or scope to another.
When a pointer is passed by value to a function, the function receives a copy of the
The primary motivation behind Zeigerübergabe is to manage dynamically allocated memory effectively. Without proper handover, memory