In article <cja### [at] netplexaussieorg> , 
Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>  wrote:

> Yes, but macro parameters otherwise appear to be handled as references.
> There shouldn't be any copying necessary, and this would be a very
> useful feature.

No, parameters can be passed by value or reference, which is for regular
variables determined automatically.  But it cannot be done for file handles
because that would require to support for either copying file handles or
supporting counted references to file handles.

    Thorsten

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