call by reference

A form of call-by-reference — An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and a pointer to the result is passed to the function.

Similar
pass by reference
Opposite
call by value
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Meanings

nouncall by reference (uncountable)

alternative call-by-reference

  1. alternativeuncountablecomputingAlternative form of call-by-reference.

    Synonyms: pass by reference

Synonyms & antonyms

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