programming, a generic function is a function defined for polymorphism. In statically typed languages (such as C++ and Java), the term generic functions refers...

writing common functions or data types that differ only in the set of types on which they operate when used, thus reducing duplicate code. Generic programming...

rather than its brand name Generic function, a computer programming entity made up of all methods having the same name Generic programming, a computer programming...

function Accumulator(n0) n = n0 function(n2) n += n2 end end Accumulator (generic function with 1 method) julia> a = Accumulator(4) (::#1) (generic function...

i + 3 plusthree (generic function with 1 method) julia> g = twice(plusthree) (::var"#result#3"{typeof(plusthree)}) (generic function with 1 method) julia>...

"coercion polymorphism". Parametric polymorphism allows a function or a data type to be written generically, so that it can handle values uniformly without depending...

a virtual function or virtual method is an inheritable and overridable function or method that is dispatched dynamically. Virtual functions are an important...

value of that type is passed (through a base type reference or into a generic function) into another package with no dependency on that package, and then...

an overloaded function will run a specific implementation of that function appropriate to the context of the call, allowing one function call to perform...

features include the use of generic functions. A generic function is given generic parameters, which allow the same function to be applied to different...

square(val) = val^2 square (generic function with 1 method) julia> calculate(operate,val) = operate(val) calculate (generic function with 1 method) julia> calculate(square...

declaring generic functions and types. A code translation tool, go2go, was provided to allow users to try the new syntax, along with a generics-enabled...

defines a type-generic macro for each mathematical function defined in <math.h> and <complex.h>. This adds a limited support for function overloading of...

(but would have to be achieved with switching on the type inside the generic function). Another way to look at overloading is that a routine is uniquely...

serial data and parallel interfaces in each direction. The term "SerDes" generically refers to interfaces used in various technologies and applications. The...

A special case is Generic Functions. Generic Functions are both functions and instances. Common Lisp supports first-class functions. For instance, it...

method or function to use. Examples are templates in C++, and generic programming in Fortran and other languages, in conjunction with function overloading...

communication aside of the standard use of shared memory. Using the generic function of the network processor, a software program implements an application...

polymorphic functions and data types are sometimes called generic functions and generic datatypes, respectively, and they form the basis of generic programming...

in generic functions, meaning they are not attached to a specific class, and can be called natively by anyone. Linking a specific generic function to...

sort is a generic function in the C++ Standard Library for doing comparison sorting. The function originated in the Standard Template Library (STL). The...

this essential function and it is no longer possible to legally enforce rights in relation to the mark, the mark may have become generic. In many legal...

not use generic functions. In New Flavors (a successor of Flavors) and CLOS, methods are organized in "generic functions". These generic functions are functions...

that allows functions and classes to operate with generic types. This allows a function or class declaration to reference via a generic variable another...

functions can be defined for vector- or matrix-valued random variables, and can also be extended to more generic cases. The characteristic function always...

a generic function. Later results replaced the smooth attractor with a set of arbitrary box counting dimension and the class of generic functions with...

substitutability, meaning that program elements (typically subroutines or functions), written to operate on elements of the supertype, can also operate on...

not change the expressive power of a language (with functions), as it can be emulated using function calls. For example, consider variables a, b and c of...

for Common Lisp. New Flavors replaced message sending with calling generic functions. Flavors offers :before and :after daemons with the default method...

representation and inheritance for each class, and has multiple dispatch: the generic function can be dispatched to a method based on the class of any number of arguments...