Parameter passing

Readings

• Pre-recorded lectures
• Chapter 17 of textbook.
• Class notes on parameter passing.
• Source codes used in class.
• Parameter passing in functional programming
• Evaluation strategy for parameters
• Introduction to Programming Languages, Chapter 20 (Parameter passing).

Recommended readings

• A tool for automatic lazification of function arguments, by Breno Campos

Topics covered

• Paremeters.
• Formal and actual parameters.
• Positional and keyword correspondences.
• Optional parameters.
• Types of paremeter passing.
• Eager and lazy evaluation.