Finding the instance reference of an object

Aaron Brady castironpi at gmail.com
Sat Nov 8 17:04:00 EST 2008


On Nov 8, 3:38 pm, Terry Reedy <tjre... at udel.edu> wrote:
> "In order for code A to call code B, some information must be
> communicated from A to B."  Something we all know ...
>
> "That information is a value of some sort." True...
>
> "Therefore all calling is calling by value."
>
> Well, yes, if you insist.  *But*, a distinction that does not
> distinguish is useless.  One might as well say "Calling is calling."

Actually I like that.  We should call all call methods call by
calling, because it is a useful and consistent generalization.



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