Objects aren’t passed at all. By default, the argument is evaluated and its value is passed, by value, as the initial value of the parameter of the method you’re calling. Now the important point is that the value is a reference for reference types – a way of getting to an object (or null). Changes … Read more
Lists are already passed by reference, in that all Python names are references, and list objects are mutable. Use slice assignment instead of normal assignment. However, this isn’t a good way to write a function. You should simply return the combined list.
f2 is taking it’s arguments by reference, which is essentially an alias for the arguments you pass. The difference between pointer and reference is that a reference cannot be NULL. With the f you need to pass the address (using & operator) of the parameters you’re passing to the pointer, where when you pass by reference you just pass the parameters and … Read more
My understanding is that this is actually very simple: Javascript is always pass by value, but when a variable refers to an object (including arrays), the “value” is a reference to the object. Changing the value of a variable never changes the underlying primitive or object, it just points the variable to a new primitive or object. However, changing … Read more
Arrays can only be passed by reference, actually: This prevents you from doing things like: To be able to pass an arbitrary size array to foo, make it a template and capture the size of the array at compile time: You should seriously consider using std::vector, or if you have a compiler that supports c++11, std::array.
Types of Things in Swift The rule is: Class instances are reference types (i.e. your reference to a class instance is effectively a pointer) Functions are reference types Everything else is a value type; “everything else” simply means instances of structs and instances of enums, because that’s all there is in Swift. Arrays and strings are struct instances, for example. You can pass … Read more
In C arrays are passed as a pointer to the first element. They are the only element that is not really passed by value (the pointer is passed by value, but the array is not copied). That allows the called function to modify the contents. Now, if what you want is changing the array itself … Read more
Because you’re passing the value of the pointer to the method and then dereferencing it to get the integer that is pointed to.
Primitives are passed by value, and Objects are passed by “copy of a reference”. Specifically, when you pass an object (or array) you are (invisibly) passing a reference to that object, and it is possible to modify the contents of that object, but if you attempt to overwrite the reference it will not affect the copy of … Read more
Primitives are passed by value, and Objects are passed by “copy of a reference”. Specifically, when you pass an object (or array) you are (invisibly) passing a reference to that object, and it is possible to modify the contents of that object, but if you attempt to overwrite the reference it will not affect the copy of … Read more