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pass by reference

pass by reference is the alternative form of call-by-reference.

Meaning of call-by-reference

Noun

call-by-reference (uncountable)

  1. An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and a pointer to the result is passed to the function.
    Antonyms:
    call-by-value

Antonyms of pass by reference

Forms of pass by reference

alternative formpass-by-reference

Questions about pass by reference

What is pass by reference the alternative form of?
Pass by reference is the alternative form of call-by-reference.

Words near pass by reference in the dictionary

  1. pass boxes
  2. pass by
  3. pass by future
  4. pass by name
  5. pass by need
  6. pass by reference
  7. pass by value
  8. pass check
  9. pass checks
  10. pass current
  11. pass degree

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pass by reference (page history and authors); call-by-reference (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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