Passing variables by reference?

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ImaginaryHuman

I noticed in the documentation it says you can pass a variable by reference like:

Local myvar:Int=5

Function myfunction:Int(sameasmyvar Var)
   sameasmyvar:+2
   Return sameasmyvar
End Function

Print myvar

'Should print 7, right?

Ie instead of creating a new variable to pass the parameter into, it actually uses the one that was already defined outside of the function? So you can define a variable as a local outside the function and it will still be used as a Local inside the function?