> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Patrick Dughi wrote: > > > Uhm.. Passing by reference is a feature of the language you use to > >write code. Circle is written in C, which does support that. > > "does not", I believe you meant. Anyway, passing by reference can be quite > evil. Doh. Yah. To explain the mindset, I was programming in C++, actually using passing by reference. My mind extrapolated that directly into 'Hey, I'm writing in 'C', yes it's possible.' I just skipped the step inbetween where you use your 'head' to 'think'. PjD (Just moved to Austin, working for a startup. long hours, hard work. Please forgive stupid mistakes) (also, no OBCircle. I can't make it up this time, but I hate stupid public mistakes) -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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