Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call-by-reference

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
cal-l-by-ref-er-ence
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

call by reference (alternative)

Phrases

call-by-future call-by-name call-by-need call by sharing

Frequently Paired Words

call-by-future call-by-name call-by-need call by sharing

Synonyms

pass-by-reference

Antonyms

call-by-value

Questions

What does call-by-reference mean?
An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and a pointer to the result is passed to the function.

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