On subprograms with a variable number of parameters of varying types

  • Authors:
  • Xu Baowen

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGPLAN Notices
  • Year:
  • 1993

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Abstract

Subprograms are the fundamental building blocks of program, and are therefore among the important concepts in programming language design. The effect and function of programs is affected by their parameter mechanisms. This paper describes two facilities: number-variable parameters and type-variable parameters. These two parameter mechanisms do not decrease the efficiency and reliability of a subprogram, and are very useful in many software development, especially in general software package development.