" stepharo wrote >> Hi, >> In PBE says that ordinary objects' ivars are passed by references and >> small >> integers are passed by value. > > Strange I do not remember having written that. > Especially because in Smalltalk this has no real interest. > > > Well you also wrote that :p > > "Deep in the implementation of Smalltalk, there are three different kinds > of objects. There are (1) ordinary objects with instance variables that > are passed by references, there are (2) small integers that are passed by > value, and there are (3) indexable objects like arrays that hold a > contiguous portion of memory. The beauty of Smalltalk is that you normally > don’t need to care about the differences between these three kinds of > object. > >> Is there a way to know if a class is passed by reference or by value? > In Smalltalk consider that everything is an object and that you pass a > reference to the object. >> Only small integers are passed as value? >> Thanks in advance >> Nacho >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> Nacho >> Smalltalker apprentice. >> Buenos Aires, Argentina. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://forum.world.st/Passed-by-references-and-by-value-tp4780289.html >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >>
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