Is 'everything' a refrence or isn't it?

Mike Meyer mwm at mired.org
Sat Jan 7 15:08:54 EST 2006


Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> writes:
> On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:29:46 -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
>> Call by object is the worst choice among the three, because "object"
>> has such a vague meaning, so you never know what implications someone
>> will come away with. 
> So very unlike "call by reference", right?

Right. All references are objects, so "call by object" includes all
the possibilities of "call by reference" as a subset. Not all objects
are references, so "call by reference", so it's a proper subset.

        <mike
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