On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Steve Odendahl wrote:
[ ... ]
> No theory is necessary. You can look it up.
>
> "All parameters to methods in Java are "call by value". That is,
> values of parameter variables in a method are copies of the values
> the invoker specified. ... When the parameter is an object
> reference, however, the object reference is what is passed "by
> value", not the object itself."
>
> - Section 2.6.1, The Java Programming Language, Arnold & Gosling, 1996
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Well, to my mind, if you have to add that big a qualifier about what
happens with object parameters, then a statement like "All parameters
... are 'call by value'" is pretty meaningless.
Milt Epstein
Research Programmer
Software/Systems Development Group
Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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