Chad Berchek schrieb:
Wow, thanks for the insults guys. I didn't realize I was so stupid.
Waking up? ;-)
You missed my point too, BTW. According to the link given:
"A constant argument is passed by reference if its size is larger than a
pointer."
People like you should not read such detailed explanations, which they
tend to misinterpret :-(
So you always know what the size of a pointer is? If I have this record:
TMyRec = record
I: Integer;
end;
Is that passed by value or ref? Is someone compiling on 32-bit or 64?
You don't know, and neither does anyone. And that is my point about why
having it defined is important.
NACK. Most languages have some vague specifications, like the size of
int or Integer. This is *intentional*, and every coder should write his
code in a way, that it works under all allowed circumstances.
I guess my brain is way to tiny to get past the notion that a "write
once, compile anywhere" programming language should be defined in such a
way that the meaning of the program doesn't spontaneously change
depending on the compilation platform.
It's up to YOU to make your code behave properly on every platform. If
you assume e.g. a specific byte order, your code can crash on any other
platform, regardless of the programming language you choose.
DoDi
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