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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: technology discussion → does the world need a "new" C ? |
| Date | 2024-08-15 01:43 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <86a5hep45h.fsf@linuxsc.com> (permalink) |
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[on comparing array arguments in C with call-by-reference]
> [...] the differences [between C rules and true call-by-reference]
> can be summarised here; [...]
>
> Call Array access in callee
>
> C call-by-value F(A) A[i]
>
> true call-by-reference H(A) A[i]
>
> What the user has to write is what's important, and here it is clear
> that they write the same thing [in the two cases shown].
The comparison above is misleading because it is incomplete.
Let's compare the two modes more fully:
C call-by-value call-by-reference
=============== =================
at call:
(array argument) F(A) H(A)
(pointer argument) F(p) (disallowed)
(null argument) F(0) (disallowed)
inside function:
(access) A[i] A[i]
(update) A[i] = ... A[i] = ...
sizeof A (pointer size) (array size)
A++ (changes A variable) (disallowed)
A = (new value) (changes A variable) (disallowed)
The more complete comparion illustrate why C semantics should not
be thought of as call-by-reference.
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