>How many people are using call-by-reference by now?
R�diger, et al:
I'm still scripting in HyperTalk; so I'm not. But there have been times
when I wished I could. I have used call-by-reference in other languages
that support it. A lot of the globals I declare would be unnecessary if
handlers could change data belonging to the handler that called them.
Whether this should be the standard is a question I lack the technical
depth to answer. With the tendency for Xtalks to deal with longer and
longer strings, the overhead saved by simply passing a handle instead of
duplicating a string each time it is passed may become increasingly
significant.
Rob Cozens, CCW
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"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."
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