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Re: Do function arguments invoke a function?

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On 10/04/2015 05:15 AM, Chad wrote:
> In Java, when a method is called, the methods arguments invoke the method. Do functions in C do something similar?

Could you explain what that phrase "the method's arguments invoke the
method" means to you? Knowing that, I might be able to answer with
respect to C. As it stands, the phrase doesn't make sense to me.

"arguments" are not actors, they are things that are acted on, so they
can't, in themselves, invoke anything. Because of my experience, I tend
to associate the term "method" with the C++ concept of a class member
function - if the term has a significantly different meaning for Java,
you should explain that meaning. C++ member functions are actors, and
one of the actions they can perform is to call (invoke) another member
function associated with the same object, or one associated with any
other object that they have access to, and they can pass arguments to
that other method. Possibly this understanding is C++-specific, and
there's something in Java that makes it meaningful to talk about an
argument invoking something. But if so, you'll have to explain that
meaning, before I can answer your question.

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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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