Passing dynamic arrays

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On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:30:33 +0100
Daniel Gibson <metalcaedes at gmail.com> wrote:

> The documentation[1] says: "For dynamic array and object parameters, which are 
> passed by reference, in/out/ref apply only to the reference and not the contents."
> So, by reading the documentation one would assume that dynamic arrays are passed 
> by reference - *real* reference, implying that any change to the array within 
> the called function will be visible outside of the function.
> The truth however is that dynamic arrays are not passed by reference and any 
> changes to the length will be lost (even if the arrays data won't be copied).

Exactly. Pass (and assign) by reference mean different semantics from what D does with dyn arrays: that changes are shared.

Denis
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