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Re: And Another function Question

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Date Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:47:57 +0000
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Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> writes:

>      What does (contrived example follows)
>           (function(a,b,c){some_code})(1,2,3);
> mean?
>
>      Is this to define an unnamed function with code some_code and
> then immediately call it with the parms 1,2,3?

Yes.

>      What is a good reference for this?  I am willing to put in study
> time, but I do not even know where to start.

Sorry, I can't help there.  The general notion -- that of anonymous
functions -- is found in many languages.  If you knew, for example,
Lisp, almost nothing in EcmaScript would be new to you, but you probably
want a language specific reference, and I have not researched that.

-- 
Ben.

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And Another function Question Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-12-09 10:55 -0800
  Re: And Another function Question Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2015-12-09 21:13 +0100
    Re: And Another function Question RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2015-12-09 19:23 -0800
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  Re: And Another function Question Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-12-09 18:50 -0200
  Re: And Another function Question Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-12-09 21:47 +0000
    Re: And Another function Question Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-12-10 01:10 +0000
  Re: And Another function Question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-10 00:26 +0100

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