But doesn't need to. So, passing just a pointer to the original is still by reference.
Do you have a pointer to a reference that supports a more restrictive definition? ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 3:24:17 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: As a long-time Rexx programmer Not so. The reference passed may include more than just the address. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Eric Rossman <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: As a long-time Rexx programmer A difference without distinction. The real difference is that call by value makes a modifiable copy and call by reference passes a pointer to the original variable. No copy means calling by reference. Do you have a pointer to a reference that supports a more restrictive definition? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
