Re: Do function arguments invoke a function?

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Do function arguments invoke a function?
Date	2015-10-04 15:36 -0700
Organization	None to speak of
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Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> writes:
> In Java, when a method is called, the methods arguments invoke the
> method. Do functions in C do something similar?

As others have suggested, that statement about Java doesn't seem to make
sense.

The Java Language Specification describes run-time method invocation as
a 5-step process.  Evaluating the arguments is step 2; transferring
control is step 5.

I'm no expert on Java, so perhaps I'm missing something.  In any case,
it doesn't make sense in C.

A C function call evalautes the prefix (which is usually just a funciton
name), evaluates the arguments, and invokes the function.  Invoking the
function assigns the argument values to the parameters before the body
of the function starts executing.

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Do function arguments invoke a function? Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 02:15 -0700
  Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-04 08:09 -0400
    Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 13:52 -0700
      Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-04 17:13 -0400
      Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-04 17:13 -0400
      Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-04 17:09 -0700
      Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-04 17:10 -0700
        Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 19:50 -0700
          Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-05 00:26 -0400
  Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-04 12:59 -0400
    Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-10-04 14:36 -0400
  Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-10-04 19:26 +0200
  Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-04 15:36 -0700
  Re: Do function arguments invoke a function? Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-05 05:49 +0200

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