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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 16:22:42 -0600
Subject: Re: What other languages use the same data model as Python?
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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:35 PM, harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> wrote=
:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>>>
>>> We do not consider passing a pointer as*by value* =A0because its an
>>> > =A0address; by definition, that is pass-by-reference.
>>
>> No, it isn't. =A0It's pass by value. =A0The fact that you are passing a
>> value that is a pointer to another value is not relevent.
>>
>
> @ Edwards, &Schaathun
>
> You are most definitely mistaken. =A0 See:
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/comphelp/v8v101/index.jsp?topic=
=3D%2Fcom.ibm.xlcpp8a.doc%2Flanguage%2Fref%2Fcplr233.htm

That source actually supports the claim that pass-by-pointer falls
under pass-by-value.  It reads, in part (emphasis added):

> In C++, the reference parameters are initialized with the actual argument=
s when the function is called. In C, the pointer parameters > are initializ=
ed with pointer _values_ when the function is called.

However, I hope we can all agree that pass-by-pointer shares certain
features with both pass-by-value and pass-by-reference, and there are
perfectly reasonable arguments for lumping it in either category, yes?