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From: bart <bc@freeuk.com>
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Subject: Re: Recursion, Yo
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:38:33 +0100
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On 12/04/2024 14:07, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 12.04.2024 11:38, bart wrote:
>>
>> I used to allow 'func' to call a function with no args. Later I switched
>> to using func() as being more informative, since just:
>>
>>     func
> 
> I wasn't aware that C allows that. (Or are you talking about your own
> language(s) here?)

In my language I used to allow 'func' for a function call with no args 
until I decided to require 'func()'.

>>
>> doesn't impart very much. Maybe it's a function call; maybe it's a goto
>> to label 'func' (as I still allow); maybe it's a macro invocation; maybe
>> it's just evaluating a variable 'func' then discarding the value.