Reputation: 498
Is there any proper example for explaining call-by-result ? (not pseudocode)
I have learned that ALGOL 68, Ada could use this way,
but I cannot find any clear example of Call-by-Result.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 7241
Reputation: 498
I just made by myself.
pseudocode
begin
integer n;
procedure p(k: integer);
begin
n := n+1;
k := k+4;
print(n);
end;
n := 0;
p(n);
print(n);
end;
Implement using Ada Language
call.adb
with Gnat.Io; use Gnat.Io;
procedure call is
x : Integer;
Procedure NonSense (A: in out integer) is
begin
x := x + 1;
A := A + 4;
Put(x);
end NonSense;
begin
x := 0;
NonSense (x);
Put(" ");
Put(x);
New_Line;
end call;
Since Ada uses call-by-result way, result should be 1 4. (It could be checked by entering this code into online-Ada-compiler "http://www.tutorialspoint.com/compile_ada_online.php")
And, other result applied different passing parameter types should be...
call by value: 1 1
call by reference: 5 5
(compare > call by value-result: 1 4)
Upvotes: 0