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We are saying the same thing.  Yea, primitives are passed in the only way
possible, by value.  I "assumed" that was understood.  But object passing is
not by value but by reference(the reference is like a primitive).  If it
were by value, objects would be copied each time they were passed.  While
the objects are not copied, the references are.  That was my original point.
No matter what you are technically passing, its a copy (of a primitive).
either a copied primitive, or a copied reference.  But not a copied object.

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Carl L. Gilbert
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wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16

"John McGrath [TeamB]" <ng-b@JPMcGrath.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:25:17 -0400, "CLG" <lamont_gilbert @
> rigidsoftware.com> wrote:
>
> > Java always passes by reference.
>
> That is not correct.  Java passes primitive values by value.  It also
> passes object references by value, which is really the same thing as
> saying that it passes objects by reference.
>
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