> Is passing by reference even possible on circle?
This is more of a question of passing by reference a possibility in C
Yes.... its possible... but its different than in C++
> I have a recursive function that needs to increment a memory location for
> each call that does something.
> I was successful in making it work by adding a global variable.
> But, I'm wondering how I can pass by reference because I can't seem to be
> able to.
> Passing by reference will make much more sense just in case of a screwup
> somewhere in the code. It doesn't make much sense to leave this variable
> lying around useless.
C has pointers to take the place of what you call passing by reference...
Be a little more specific on what you want your function to do...
Specifically... what's the point of this function ?
To help you a little tho...
Say I want to pass an integer value to the function... and have it change
within the function
I define my function as
void reference(int *a){
/* do whatever */
}
when you call it, call it using the address of the integer you are
passing...
in other words
int main(){
int i = 0;
reference(&i);
return 0;
}
That will allow you to "pass by reference" in C++ terminology.
Otherwise... you need to incorporate C++ into your code... and use g++ to
compile...
My suggestion however, is to become familiar with pointers, as the circle
code uses these quite frequently.
Michael Gesner
Lodaren of Rhu-Dina'ar
rhudin.newvisiongames.net 7777
(yes 17777 still works)
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