A difference without distinction. The real difference is that call by value makes a modifiable copy and call by reference passes a pointer to the original variable. No copy means calling by reference.
Do you have a pointer to a reference that supports a more restrictive definition? ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:54:32 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: As a long-time Rexx programmer No. Call by reference is where the language processor automatically figures out what the address and associated data, e.g., array extents, are. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
