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by nrclark 1949 days ago
I always thought upvar was kind of a cool feature, and allowed laser-specific targeting in places where you'd use a global otherwise in C. Is there any specific way that it's caused problems?
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I like it too because it's DIY pass by reference.
We obviously liked it because upvar is how Little passes by reference. I don't know why someone thought upvar was bad, it is useful.