Re: [oopic] call by reference

On Mar 9, 2008, at 11:50 PM, ooPIC Tech Support wrote:

> Pointers do not exist in the ooPIC "world view".

Ah. That probably explains why I can't find a reference to reference.

> The simplest way (and
> perhaps the only way) is to use a global variable.

I was trying to avoid that, especially when explaining things to my
students. I try not to use shortcuts because I want them to learn good
programming practices from the beginning.

> It is not as pretty
> as using a reference in the argument list, but philosophically they
> are
> both side-effects, so...

I agree. It is a just an elegance thing.

Brian Lloyd
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