call-by-reference

call-by-reference

See also: call by reference

English

Alternative forms

• call by reference

Noun

call-by-reference (uncountable)

1. (programming) An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and a pointer to the result is passed to the function.

Synonyms

• pass-by-reference

Antonyms

• call-by-value

Translations

Translations

German: Referenzparameter m

See also

• call-by-future
• call-by-name
• call-by-need

References

• call-by-reference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia