CALLING CONVENTION
\kˈɔːlɪŋ kənvˈɛnʃən], \kˈɔːlɪŋ kənvˈɛnʃən], \k_ˈɔː_l_ɪ_ŋ k_ə_n_v_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The arrangement of arguments for a procedureor function call. Different programming languages may requirearguments to be pushed onto a stack or entered inregisters in left-to-right or right-to left order, andeither the caller or the callee can be responsible forremoving the arguments. The calling convention alsodetermines if a variable number of arguments is allowed.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).