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Boyko Bantchev wrote:
... assuming `simple' values are meant.  Because tables, e.g.,
_are_ passed by reference.

Not really - you can't wholesale change the calling functions idea of which table is being referred to by a symbol, which you could if it were being passed truly by reference, only the members of said table.

It's a bit of a special case, and a bit of a mish-mash.

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