Generally this is reasonable advice although I would not have stated it quite so emphatically.<p>Most of the time when I type * in my own C++ code, what I mean is:<p><pre><code> "hey! this is an in/out parameter!".</code></pre>
Good thing that the author provided such an exhaustive list of arguments supporting his opinions. Oh wait. Between using pointers and the standard library, I think that I will stick with pointers.