From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2007-07-27T23:04:59+09:00
Subject: Re: How to pass arguments by reference in a function

Robert Klemme wrote:

> I think "pass by reference" is not the proper term because that would
> imply that you could change a variable in the calling scope, i.e. you
> could do
> 
> def magic(x) x = 10 end
> foo = 1
> puts foo # prints 1
> magic(foo)
> puts foo # prints 10
> 
> which you can't.

Working backwards from your example, that is the definition of an "immediate
value". Violent agreement achieved!

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