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Use * for value, ^ for address1 2, ! for ownership
Jai does not use & for references; using can provide that functionality 3

// from: https://youtu.be/-UPFH0eWHEI?t=769

N :: 10;

Entity :: struct {
   serial_number : int;
}

value : Entity;     // type declared as Entity
values : [N] float; // type declared as N-long array of floats

pointer : ^Entity; // type declared as address of an Entity
pointer = ^value;  // assignment as address of Entity named 'value'
pointers : [N] ^Entity // type declared as N-long array of addresses of Entities

pointer := ^value; // get a pointer to a value's memory address
value := *pointer; // get a value by dereferencing a pointer

  1. for pointers, use Pascal-style pointy hat (^) instead of ampersand (&). still use star (*) to dereference a pointer.
    “Demo: Iteration and arrays, uninitialized values, enums.” YouTube, uploaded by Jonathan Blow, Dec 10, 2014, https://youtu.be/-UPFH0eWHEI?t=769 ⮌

  2. star (*) brings us toward the value, and hat (^) brings us away from the value.
    “Demo: Iteration and arrays, uninitialized values, enums.” YouTube, uploaded by Jonathan Blow, Dec 10, 2014, https://youtu.be/-UPFH0eWHEI?t=821 ⮌

  3. references in C++ are just pointers with a different syntax and different defaults, so I would rather have a way to have one thing.
    “Q&A after Data-Oriented Demo.” YouTube, uploaded by Jonathan Blow, Jan 21, 2015, https://youtu.be/HjyyREM0egw?t=840 ⮌

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