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call by sharing

call by sharing noun: an evaluation strategy where arguments passed to a function can be mutated in a way that is visible to the caller (unlike call-by-value) but access is not given to the specific variables passed as arguments (unlike call-by-reference).

Noun

call by sharing (uncountable)

  1. An evaluation strategy where arguments passed to a function can be mutated in a way that is visible to the caller (unlike call-by-value) but access is not given to the specific variables passed as arguments (unlike call-by-reference).

Questions about call by sharing

What does call by sharing mean?
Call by sharing means an evaluation strategy where arguments passed to a function can be mutated in a way that is visible to the caller (unlike call-by-value) but access is not given to the specific variables passed as arguments (unlike call-by-reference).
What part of speech is call by sharing?
Call by sharing is a noun.

Words near call by sharing in the dictionary

  1. call buttons
  2. call by future
  3. call by name
  4. call by need
  5. call by reference
  6. call by sharing
  7. call by value
  8. call center
  9. call centers
  10. call centre
  11. call centres

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