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Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? [message #86273 is a reply to message #86272]

Tue, 22 October 2013 09:47

David Fanning
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Chris Torrence writes:

> I don't think this is a special case. It's also not "semi-passed-by-reference." The code is simply passing an expression into a routine, so IDL cannot store into it.

The point is, it *does* store into it, even though it is being passed by
value!

The object reference is passed by value, but the object itself, as a
heap variable, is more like a variable that is passed by reference. This
gives this situation the semi-passed-by-reference feel.

Cheers,

David
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		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Mon, 21 October 2013 16:07
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 22 October 2013 05:16
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 22 October 2013 06:03
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: David Fanning on Tue, 22 October 2013 06:39
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 22 October 2013 07:10
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: David Fanning on Tue, 22 October 2013 07:43
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: David Fanning on Tue, 22 October 2013 07:51
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Tue, 22 October 2013 08:57
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: David Fanning on Tue, 22 October 2013 09:47
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 22 October 2013 09:59
		Re: object argument passing behaviour changed in v8.2.2? By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Tue, 22 October 2013 10:17

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