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Re:Aliasing by pklausler on Monday December 22, 2025 @11:57AM (#46355892)
It wasn't a variable.
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Re:Aliasing by Etheryte on Monday December 22, 2025 @01:29PM (#46357074)
It wasn't intended to be a variable, but it did become one. Its value varied, it's in the name.
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Re:Aliasing by pklausler on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:53PM (#46359588)
But this is just Fortran's call-by-reference in action. It's not aliasing.
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