Top "Pass-by-reference" questions

Pass by reference is an argument marshalling strategy whereby a variable's location in memory is passed to a function, rather than a copy of the variable's value, although the function appears in the source code to receive the variable itself rather than a pointer to it.

STL containers with reference to objects

I know STL containers copy the objects. So say I have a list<SampleClass> l; each time when …

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How to pass a variable by value to an anonymous javascript function?

The Objective I want to dynamically assign event handlers to some divs on pages throughout a site. My Method Im …

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Java is NEVER pass-by-reference, right?...right?

Possible Duplicate: Is Java “pass-by-reference”? I found an unusual Java method today: private void addShortenedName(ArrayList<String> voiceSetList, …

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VBA Pass Array By Reference and Modify Contents

VBA question. I'm using it to make Solidworks macros, but that's not important. Can someone explain the syntax to pass …

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pass by reference and value with pointers

I don't understand why passing a pointer to a function doesn't change the data being passed in. If the function …

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What's the difference between "var" and "out" parameters?

What's the difference between parameters declared with var and those declared with out? How does the compiler treat them differently (…

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Variable p passed by reference before being initialized

I have a Human class with a function that takes any amount of people and determines if someone is older …

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ref and out in C++/CLI

I know that the C++/CLI code void foo(Bar^% x); transforms into Void foo(ref Bar x); What is …

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Why isn't this object being passed by reference when assigning something else to it?

I know that in JS, objects are passed by reference, for example: function test(obj) { obj.name = 'new name'; } var …

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Pass by reference or pass by value?

When learning a new programming language, one of the possible roadblocks you might encounter is the question whether the language …

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