Grant Edwards 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.

I'm gonna try a D'Aprano-style bogus argument for a moment...

... saying that 'C' does not support pass-by-reference because you have to direct the compiler with the '&' and '*' characters is a little like saying that

     Python does not support decorations ! ...


...  because you have to direct the interpreter with some


@ bogus-decorator-syntax


     I want Python to support decorations automatically !


;-)




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