Does the ^ symbol replace C#'s “ref” in parameter passing in C++/CLI code?

Question

In C#, passing by reference is:

void MyFunction(ref Dog dog)

But in C++/CLI code examples I have seen so far, there is no use of ref<

Answer 1

3 Types in C++/CLI :

1. Handle Type (^): Handle contain address of variable but which can be updated by runtime if it has to move variable around to maximize available free memory.
   Example: Person ^pp = gcnew Person(); // gcnew in C++/CLI is similar to new in C++.
   
   
2. Reference Type (%): Reference alias of a variable. % in C++/CLI is Similar to & in C++.
   Example: int %ri = i; // ri is reference alias for i.
Person %rPerson = *pp; // pp from point number 1
   
   
3. Array Type ([]):