var or inout parm?

[Chris Rebert]

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:54 AM,  <mh at pixar.com> wrote:
> How can I make a "var" parm, where the called function can modify
> the value of the parameter in the caller?

Not directly possible or encouraged. You can emulate it by sticking
the value in a container object (e.g. list) though:

def f(x):
    x[0] += 1 #non-augmented assignment would work too

n = [1]
f(n)
print n[0] #==> 2

Cheers,
Chris

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>
> def f(x):
>    x = x + 1
>
> n = 1
> f(n)
> # n should now be 2
>
> Many TIA!!
> Mark
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