#3 Better IronPython compatability

[Barton Cline]

It would be great to be able to handle ref and out parameters the way that IronPython does.
See: http://ironpython.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=FAQ&referringTitle=Home
How can I call a method with ref, out, and params parameters?

[Urs Fleisch]

I have added a patch to fix this:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3117417&group_id=162464&atid=823893

[Barton Cline]

Urs has provided an interesting approach to the out parameter handling which I'll play around with.

I was actually more interested in the ref parameter creation/in place-modification as demonstrated at http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/dark-corners.shtml:

"Similar to out parameters are ref parameters. These need to be initialised with a value, so they can't just be returned as additional values. Instead we create a reference using clr.Reference."

From C#:

int value = 6;

SomeMethod(ref value);

From IronPython:

import clr

reference = clr.Reference(6)
self.SomeMethod(reference)

updated_value = reference.Value