English Explanatory Dictionary

call-by-need

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated the first time they are used in that function.

Word forms

call-by-need call by need

Synonyms

pass-by-need

Related words

call-by-value call-by-reference call-by-name call-by-future
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