Passing Parameters by Value #72
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I would say "code modularization". Many functions are only called once, so there is often no reuse.
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This sounds more like an outcome for general "function calling" topic, rather than the specialized "calling by value" topic.
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I think this is "function calling". But we distinguish the topic name from "calling by reference" as we expect this to be more foundational than understanding "call by reference" as the later is more complex in grammar
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Well, that depends on the meaning of is. The title of this topic is "passing by value". Parameter type & count agreement is more basic, and presumably will use examples where non-variable expressions are used, meaning f(1.0,"foobar"), just to avoid the value/reference distinction.
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