The answer is No unless it's an array.
>Does anyone know of a way to determine if a variable has been passed to a function by reference or by value. This is a run-time question.
>For example:
>
>local a
>a='test'
>=Test(@a)
>=Test(a)
>
>procedure Text
>lparameter b
>*-- here, i would like to verify that the variable 'a' was passed to 'b' as by reference.
>...
>
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