Re:Deep-copying in JavaScript
by dragonwriter on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:03PM
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> Trying to answer this question in terms of "pass-by-X" doesn't help, if for no other reason than pass-by-X implies there's only two possibilities
No, it doesn't. Heck, when I learned pass- (or call-)-by-X there were three main values of X mentioned (and implicitly a near-universal number of possible alternatives): value, reference, and name.
There are actually several more recognized values; the Wikipedia article on Evaluation Strategy has a reasonably good list:
No, it doesn't. Heck, when I learned pass- (or call-)-by-X there were three main values of X mentioned (and implicitly a near-universal number of possible alternatives): value, reference, and name.
There are actually several more recognized values; the Wikipedia article on Evaluation Strategy has a reasonably good list:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaluation_strategy