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I'm not an object oriented programmer. The word "value" is used in many contexts. Functions take values and return the same, sometimes mutating the values they

I'm not an object oriented programmer. The word "value" is used in many contexts. Functions take values and return the same, sometimes mutating the values they took. rvalues, which are almost anything, are assigned to lvalues, which are locations. You can probably think of more. OTOH, your definition of object is almost entirely unique outside FP, AFAIK.

catnaroek 10y ago
> assigned to lvalues, which are locations. lvalues aren't values.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > lvalues aren't values. lvalues are values in the same way that object references (not objects themselves) are values; perhaps more precisely, lvalues are values the same way that pointer values are values.
  - catnaroek 10y ago
    An object reference is totally an rvalue: you can't mutate the object reference, only the object it refers to. AFAICT, lvalues are more akin to objects themselves, in that they can be mutated.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  ...And here you are, completely demonstrating my point: Your defintion of "value" is not the same as the one in common usage: if you're going to go around using strange definitions of words we all know, at least tell us beforehand.