An output-argument with an explicit assignment-target given may also optionally include a value-specification. If a value-specification is given, then this denotes the returned value for the argument. Otherwise the argument has no modeled returned value

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reply-message-label
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Message::messageSort
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An output-argument with an explicit assignment-target given may also optionally include a value-specification. If a value-specification is given, then this denotes the returned value for the argument. Otherwise the argument has no modeled returned value
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If an output-argument does not have an explicit assignment-target specified, it is considered to have an unknown assignment target. In this case, it is required to include a value-specification, which denotes the returned value for the argument.
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