C++ function parameters: use a reference or a pointer (and then dereference)?

Question

I was given some code in which some of the parameters are pointers, and then the pointers are dereferenced to provide values. I was concerned that the pointer dereferencing wou

Answer 1

This will get voted down since it's Old Skool, but I often prefer pointers since it's easier to just glance at code and see if my objects that I am passing to a function could get modified, especially if they are simple datatypes like int and float.