KY>  This was taken out of context.  It made a lot more sense in the 
 KY>  original post, however...
 KY>> void test( int i )
 KY>> {
 KY>> i=5;
 KY>> return;
 KY>> }
 KY>> You're not getting a pointer back,
 CD>> You aren't getting anything back!!
 KY>  Sure you are!   You're getting the modified value of i.  In the above,
 KY>  i would be an "in/out" parameter.
void test (int& i) { i=5; return; }  /* C++: call is test(blah); */
and
void test (int* i) { *i=5; return; } /* C: call is test(&blah); */
these two get the modified value of i. The above one doesn't. parameter
passing in C is one-way, "by value", by passing only copies, not the
original.
matju
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