Using &* can be problematic if the pointer is null. In this case it doesn’t matter, but using Reference::get() is probably easier to understand anyway. This also paves the way for a later compiler plugin to check for this. Change-Id: I2361761496648eaaa1e245912ac19aa130b38863 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/211842 Tested-by: Jenkins Reviewed-by: Neil Roberts <nroberts@libreoffice.org>