/**
* PAss a reference in Kotlin
* identityHashCode might given memory location -- sort of.
* Kotlin does not allow changing the reference location of passed param
* so the line "pss = "5"  "is commented out to make the program compile
*
* @author gtowell
* Created: August 2021
 */

fun main() {
    var aa: String = "asdf"
    println("Maina: ${aa}   ${System.identityHashCode(aa)}")
    passer(aa)
    println("Mainb: ${aa}   ${System.identityHashCode(aa)}")
}

fun passer(pss: String) {
    println("PASSa: ${pss}  ${System.identityHashCode(pss)}")
    // pss = "5" // NOT allowed -- parameters are vals in Kotlin
    println("PASSb: ${pss}  ${System.identityHashCode(pss)}")
}