[R] call by reference

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Can you tell us what you want to do with 'pass/call by reference'?

If you want an R function to alter its argument then it is possible 
(KalmanLike is an example), but it should only be possible via C code.
And if you know enough to do that, you probably would not be asking (and 
definitely not be asking on R-help rather than R-devel).

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, biter bilen wrote:

> Can anyone help me about pass by reference of arguments in R functions?
>
> I have read about .Alias in base package however it is defunct and there 
> is no replacement for it.

That's not a fair summary of the help entry for .Alias.

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