(idea) by rp Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:27:37
This is just call by value in which, upon return, the modified values are copied back. The net effect is similar to that of call by reference.

I was once taught that it is this mechanism which allows Fortran programmers to write programs in which the value of pi is changed.

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