From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2005-01-20T04:26:07+09:00
Subject: Re: value by reference

Mohammad Khan wrote:

>>>It would be great if we can do
>>>a = Integer.new(1)
>>>b = Integer.new(2)
>>>c = Integer.new(3)
>>
>>Which would be Objects whose values can be changed?
>>
>>I don't know, I think I would find it confusing if I'd do  five = 
>>Integer.new(5); some_method(five)  and if after that five * five would 
>>not be 25.
> 
> In this instance it would be confusing.
> But using this concept... 
> I would be able to do what I wanted to do (please see my original posting)

There's other ways that work without changing the language. They were 
already posted.

Your original sample was also fairly abstract, if you were to post the 
real code of you that you think needs this features, changing of getting 
help would certainly be better. As of now this just discussing abstract 
issues without a real world background.