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Victor Bazarov
Feb 1, 2016, 9:22:57 AM2/1/16
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On 2/1/2016 6:22 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> When a computer downloads a web page, the computer is called
> »client« and the source of the download is called »server«.
>
> When a function »m« calls another function »f«, we call »m« a
> »client« of »f«, but how to we call »f« then? One does not
> call a function a »server«, does one?
In the latter case I'm more familiar with referring to 'm' as a "caller"
(usually inside the 'f' function), and if one has to give 'f' a special
name, it's a "called function". However, given that the compiler is
free to inline the code (or refrain from generating the code that would
call it _at all_ in some cases), no special term is in common use, I
believe. I have heard a "callee", but not often enough to make it
customary.
V
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> When a computer downloads a web page, the computer is called
> »client« and the source of the download is called »server«.
>
> When a function »m« calls another function »f«, we call »m« a
> »client« of »f«, but how to we call »f« then? One does not
> call a function a »server«, does one?
In the latter case I'm more familiar with referring to 'm' as a "caller"
(usually inside the 'f' function), and if one has to give 'f' a special
name, it's a "called function". However, given that the compiler is
free to inline the code (or refrain from generating the code that would
call it _at all_ in some cases), no special term is in common use, I
believe. I have heard a "callee", but not often enough to make it
customary.
V
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Wouter van Ooijen
Feb 1, 2016, 12:03:06 PM2/1/16
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Op 01-Feb-16 om 3:22 PM schreef Victor Bazarov:
I often heare and use the term "callee". I think it is widely accepted.
Wouter
Wouter
4ndre4
Feb 1, 2016, 1:59:57 PM2/1/16
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On 01/02/2016 11:22, Stefan Ram wrote:
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>but how to we call »f« then?
Callee.
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4ndre4
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> When a function »m« calls another function »f«, we call »m« a
> »client« of »f«
Caller, not client.
> »client« of »f«
>but how to we call »f« then?
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4ndre4
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regarded as a criminal offense." (E. Dijkstra)
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