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From: Glenn_A_Story@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: cdecl keyword
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Date: 23 Apr 88 15:05:26 GMT
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>IN article <185@premise.ZONE1.COM>, chang@premise.ZONE1.COM (John Chang) wrote
>> >  [...] C uses pass-by-value for everything.
>>                                   ^^^^^^^^^^ What about arrays?

>In C, arrays are _never_ passed to functions.  Only the addresses of arrays.
>These are passed by value only.


Wait a minute!  What's the difference between "the address of 'x' passed
by value" and "'x' passed by reference"?

I've always considered C's passing of addresses as a form of call by reference,
especially in the case of arrays where you don't even explicity specify
"address of" (&).

Regards,
Glenn