[Ohrrpgce] I declare a vendetta against BYREF

[James Paige]

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 03:59:15AM +1300, Ralph Versteegen wrote:
> I am now sure that defaulting to BYREF is pure evil, and we should
> make OPTION BYVAL a priority. Plus, I'm getting sick of typing
> hundreds of explicit BYVALs.

I like that goal. I have been making an effort to be explicit about 
integer arguments already.

I was reading the FreeBasic docs about BYVAL and OPTION BYVAL, and I am 
uncertain about a couple things.

A BYVAL default for integers and ptrs is a no-brainer, and I understand 
the quirks regarding BYVAL strings, but what I don't know is:

* Does BYVAL on a TYPE make a complete copy of the whole dang structure? 
* Does OPTION BYVAL apply to TYPEs?
* What effect (if any) does BYVAL have on arrays?
* Does OPTION BYVAL apply to arrays?

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James Paige