* Frank Birbacher:
> Hi!
>
> Alf P. Steinbach schrieb:
>> * arnuld:
>>> int swap_values(int* ip, int* jp)
> [snip]
>> Yes, you can (1) make those pointers point to const int, as you did in
>> previous exercise,
>
> No, you cannot. The swap function actually needs to modify the values in
> order to swap them.

Yes, sorry.


>> and (2) implement the function in terms of std::swap.
>
> Which is hopefully what the excercise leads to after introducing references.

Would you also forbid use of std::cout?

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