Callbyvalueresult

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  call-by-value-result
       
          An argument passing convention where the {actual argument} is
          a variable V whose value is copied to a local variable L
          inside the called function or procedure.  If the procedure
          modifies L, these changes will not affect V, which may also be


          in scope inside the procedure, until the procedure returns
          when the final value of L is copied to V.  Under
          {call-by-reference} changes to L would affect V immediately.
          Used, for example, by {BBC BASIC V} on the {Acorn}
          {Archimedes}.