In article <ipubhb$e4q$2...@reader1.panix.com>, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> That's what I was trying to say, but probably not as clearly. The "&" > operatore returnas a _value_ that the OP passes _by_value_ to a > function. That function then uses the "*" operator to use that value > to access some data. Then, of course, there's references in C++. I think it's fair to call the following "call by reference" in the sense we're talking about it here. void f(int& i) { i = 5; } int i = 42; f(i); Of course, C++ lets you go off the deep end with abominations like references to pointers. Come to think of it, C++ let's you go off the deep end in so many ways... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list