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Re: Passing Parameter as Variable vs as address of variable

Hello Birgitta,

Am 26.08.2023 um 18:33 schrieb Birgitta Hauser <Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

If this was the case, why is there the possibility to pass by reference at all?
A use case for me to "pass by value" is to "write protect" a variable.

By reference is the way it always was!

Yes, you are correct. I should not multitask while doing mails. :-)

The above sentence should read:

If this was the case, why is there the possibility to pass by value at all?

Sorry for the confusion!

... and passing huge variables by value can decrease performance, because always a duplicate of the data is created and passed.

Yes, this matches my thinking.

:wq! PoC




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