[ns] OTCL DOUBT !!!

[Lloyd Wood]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, A. Jain wrote:

> Suppose there is a method in a class.
> You define some instance variable in the method.
> Then you set the local variables to be instance variable
>     $ set <local var> <instance var>
> 
> Now my question is that now if you set the value of local variable to
> be, say X, then would the value of instance variable be X too
> automatically.
> 
> to put it formally 
> in the statement  
> 	$ set <local var> <instance var>
> is the pasing from right to left is "by value" or "by reference " 

by value.

If it passed by reference, what would be the point of creating the
local variable in the first place?

L.

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