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Does C have Call-By-Reference for a function??

I think it doesn't. Am I right?
Nov 9 '08
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Nick Keighley wrote:
Eric Sosman <esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalidwrot e:
>coolguyaround. ..@gmail.com wrote:
>>Technically speaking, does C have Call-By-Reference for a
function?? I think it doesn't. Am I right?

You are right: C function arguments are passed by value.

you mean "wrong"?
No, you are wrong. The normal reading is handled by "C function
arguments are passed by value". The off-beat reading is handled by
the fact that C does NOT have "Call-By-Reference".

A third possible reading is that you are asserting "C function
arguments are passed by wrong".

:-) (and you are wrong)

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[mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
[page]: <http://cbfalconer.home .att.net>
Try the download section.
Nov 10 '08 #11
Nick Keighley wrote:
On 9 Nov, 18:53, Eric Sosman <esos...@ieee-dot-org.invalidwrot e:
>coolguyaround. ..@gmail.com wrote:
>>Technically speaking, does C have Call-By-Reference for a function??
I think it doesn't. Am I right?
You are right: C function arguments are passed by value.

you mean "wrong"?
If I remember right, I didn't mean "wrong" -- but I could be
wrong, right?

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.

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Er*********@sun .com
Nov 10 '08 #12
Eric Sosman wrote:
....
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
I miss street grids! Where I currently live, three left turns often
get me on a dead-end street, and usually get me lost - they are seldom
the equivalent of a right turn.
Nov 10 '08 #13
jameskuyper wrote:
Eric Sosman wrote:
...
>Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.

I miss street grids! Where I currently live, three left turns
often get me on a dead-end street, and usually get me lost -
they are seldom the equivalent of a right turn.
You are allowed to move out of Boston. :-)

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[mail]: Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
[page]: <http://cbfalconer.home .att.net>
Try the download section.
Nov 11 '08 #14
jameskuyper wrote:
Eric Sosman wrote:
...
> Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.

I miss street grids! Where I currently live, three left turns often
get me on a dead-end street, and usually get me lost - they are seldom
the equivalent of a right turn.
where I live 3 rights re likely to make a left, but three lefts will, on
average, get you in trouble with the police twice...

Bye, Jojo
Nov 11 '08 #15
CBFalconer wrote:
jameskuyper wrote:
>Eric Sosman wrote:
...
>>Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
I miss street grids! Where I currently live, three left turns
often get me on a dead-end street, and usually get me lost -
they are seldom the equivalent of a right turn.

You are allowed to move out of Boston. :-)
It's actually the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC.
Nov 11 '08 #16

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