call-by-need

English

Alternative forms

• call by need

Noun

call-by-need (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: pass-by-need

See also

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

Anagrams

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