From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-10-05T05:42:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Reference vs. Reference

On 10/4/07, Rudi Cilibrasi <cilibrar@gmail.com> wrote:
> After reading this interesting thread, I think we might have a chance
> at coining a new term here.  How about:
>
> Call by copied reference?  Or call by temporary reference?  I don't
> see anything particularly "objecty" about this distinction, per se.
> I think it is a truly different passing convention that has convenient
> merits distinct from the coarse approximations mentioned earlier.
> Best regards,

Au contraire, it's very objecty.

The key is that the called code can ONLY interact with the actual
parameter as an object, not as a pointer, and not as a directly
manipulable value.  Any side effects involve calling methods on the
object.

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Rick DeNatale

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