Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call-by-value

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables
cal-l-by--val-ue
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

call by value (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-value

Antonyms

call-by-reference

Questions

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

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