Call-by-Reference

[coolguyaroundyou]

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

I think it doesn't. Am I right?

[coolguyaroundyou]

Technically speaking, does C have Call-By-Reference for a function??
I think it doesn't. Am I right?

[Eric Sosman]

co**************@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.

An argument value can, of course, be a pointer -- that is,
the argument value can refer to another object. But the
argument itself is always passed by value.

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[Keith Thompson]

co**************@gmail.com writes:

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

Not directly, no; all parameters are passed by value. But of course
you can do the equivalent by passing pointers.

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[Michael]

co**************@gmail.com wrote:

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

I think it doesn't. Am I right?

There is no call-by reference in C but
int func(int&a);
is call-by-reference in c++

[Richard Heathfield]

Michael said:

co**************@gmail.com wrote:

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

I think it doesn't. Am I right?

There is no call-by reference in C but
int func(int&a);
is call-by-reference in c++

No, in C++ it's a declaration, not a call of any kind. And in C, it's just
a syntax error.

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[Nick Keighley]

On 9 Nov, 18:53, Eric Sosman <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] 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"?

>
* * *An argument value can, of course, be a pointer -- that is,
the argument value can refer to another object. *But the
argument itself is always passed by value.

--
Nick Keighley

[Richard Heathfield]

Nick Keighley said:

On 9 Nov, 18:53, Eric Sosman <[e-mail]:

>[e-mail] 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, he means "right", and he's right to mean that. The OP said he thinks
that C *doesn't* have call by reference. First, he asked whether it did,
and then he said he thinks not. He's right.

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[Dik T. Winter]

In article <ln************@nuthaus.mib.orgKeith Thompson <ks***@mib.orgwrites:

co**************@gmail.com writes:

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

Not directly, no; all parameters are passed by value. But of course
you can do the equivalent by passing pointers.

That is not the same as call by reference. With call by reference the
only place where you actually can *see* it is call by reference is in
the header of a function. Not in the body, nor in the actual call.
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[Keith Thompson]

"Dik T. Winter" <Di********@cwi.nlwrites:

In article <ln************@nuthaus.mib.orgKeith Thompson
<ks***@mib.orgwrites:

co**************@gmail.com writes:

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

>
Not directly, no; all parameters are passed by value. But of course
you can do the equivalent by passing pointers.

That is not the same as call by reference. With call by reference the
only place where you actually can *see* it is call by reference is in
the header of a function. Not in the body, nor in the actual call.

Yes, I know it's not the same thing, but it can be used to achieve
exactly the same effect.

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[CBFalconer]

Nick Keighley wrote:

Eric Sosman <[e-mail]:

>[e-mail] 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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[Eric Sosman]

Nick Keighley wrote:

On 9 Nov, 18:53, Eric Sosman <[e-mail]:

>[e-mail] 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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[jameskuyper]

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.

[CBFalconer]

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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[Joachim Schmitz]

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

[James Kuyper]

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.