Question

The arguments passed to member functions by reference are considered as data members of class.

(a) True

(b) False

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This intriguing question comes from Data Members topic in section Class Members & Types of Object Oriented Programming

Answer 1

The correct option is (b) False

Best explanation: This is a wrong statement. As only the data defined inside class is considered as its member. But even if a variable is passed by reference it would be the same variable that is outside the class. Hence it can’t be considered class member.