Grant Edwards wrote:
That's what I was trying to say, but probably not as clearly. The "&"
operatore returnas a_value_ that the OP passes_by_value_ to a
function. That function then uses the "*" operator to use that value
to access some data.
I'm gonna try a D'Aprano-style bogus argument for a moment...
... saying that 'C' does not support pass-by-reference because you have
to direct the compiler with the '&' and '*' characters is a little like
saying that
Python does not support decorations ! ...
... because you have to direct the interpreter with some
@ bogus-decorator-syntax
I want Python to support decorations automatically !
;-)
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