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stepharo wrote
>> Hi,
>> In PBE says that ordinary objects' ivars are passed by references and
>> small
>> integers are passed by value.
>
> Strange I do not remember having written that.
> Especially because in Smalltalk this has no real interest.
>
>
> Well you also wrote that :p
>
> "Deep in the implementation of Smalltalk, there are three different kinds
> of objects. There are (1) ordinary objects with instance variables that
> are passed by references, there are (2) small integers that are passed by
> value, and there are (3) indexable objects like arrays that hold a
> contiguous portion of memory. The beauty of Smalltalk is that you normally
> don’t need to care about the differences between these three kinds of
> object.
>
>> Is there a way to know if a class is passed by reference or by value?
> In Smalltalk consider that everything is an object and that you pass a
> reference to the object.
>> Only small integers are passed as value?
>> Thanks in advance
>> Nacho
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