C++ pointer names

Question

I understand pointers are used to point to objects so you would have to the same around in a program. But were and how are pointer names stored. Would it be an overkill to declare a pointer name that occupies more resource than the object it points to for example:

int intOne = 0;
int *this_pointer_is_pointing_towards_intOne = &intOne;

I know this is a ridiculous example but i was just trying to get the idea across.

Edit: the name of the pointer has to be stored somewhere taking more bytes than the address of the pointed at object.

Answer 1

The length of the variable name doesn't have any effect on the size of your program, just the length of time it takes to write the program.