From: Larry Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Of course, there are issues here if the code modifies those > variables, since the issue of whether a variable is rw is > really distinct from whether it represents a pass by value > or reference. Slapping a "constant" on it is a bald-faced > attempt to get the speed of pass-by-reference with the > guarantees of pass-by-value. Perhaps there should be a way > to declare a parameter to be pass-by-value, producing a > modifiable variable that does not affect the caller's value. > But I'm not sure saving one assignment in the body is worth > the extra mental baggage.
I'm not sure I read that right, but it sounds like you're implying that pass-by-values will be read-only. Is that the plan? -Miko -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
