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Re:Should I use a Swift struct or a class? by SamReidHughes on Saturday July 04, 2015 @07:57PM (#9831990)
Variables can be mutated in Lisp. That's all this is.
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Re:Should I use a Swift struct or a class? by nickbauman on Friday July 10, 2015 @12:26AM (#9862291)
Variables are not values.
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Re:Should I use a Swift struct or a class? by SamReidHughes on Monday July 13, 2015 @06:04PM (#9881467)
Thr point is, this is a matter of definition, in that people often use the word "value" where "variable" or "object" could be used, especially as to distinguish from references. This is common usage in other languages too. It has nothing to do with Swift being complex.
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