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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Aatu Koskensilta wrote:

> Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> writes:
>> Aatu Koskensilta wrote:
>>>  In general it's not possible to pass an object as an argument for a
>>> function in Javascript, by reference or otherwise. What is possible is
>>> to pass by value a reference to an object.
>>
>>      "In general"?  How is it *ever* possible to pass an object by
>> reference?  I can not think of a way.  If there is one, I would really
>> like to know.
> 
>   As mentionted in this thread, apparently the arguments object is
> passed by reference.

As explained in this thread, it is not.


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