Easier/streamlined referencing

[Frityet]

Right now, it is not exactly clear when or how to pass references

void use_reference(int *ptr)
{
		//do I reference here?
		auto int *ref = mc_reference(ptr);
}

int main()
{
		auto int *ptr = mc_managed_alloc(sizeof(int), 1, NULL);
		
		//or here?
		use_reference(mc_reference(ptr));
}

Although this is up to the programmer to decide, it would still be useful to have a standard/safer way to do this, to avoid forgetting to call mc_reference.

The top example would probably work the best, as with the second method you have to manually call release in the use_reference function to release the reference, unless you store the reference into a new pointer like so

void use_reference(int *ptr)
{
		auto int *ref = ptr;
}

int main()
{
		int *ptr = mc_managed_alloc(sizeof(int), 1, NULL);
	
		use_reference(mc_reference(ptr));
}

[Frityet]

void use_reference(int *ptr)
{
		auto int *ref = ptr;
}

int main()
{
		int *ptr = mc_managed_alloc(sizeof(int), 1, NULL);
	
		use_reference(mc_reference(ptr));
}

This seems to be the most stable method, and should be considered as the best way