On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 05:30:00PM +0100, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 03:04:16PM +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 08:22:17PM +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
> > > The name of the property is still under debate. Larry favours:
> > >
> > > sub square ( Num $n ) is same {...}
> > >
> > > whereas others feel that:
> > >
> > > sub square ( Num $n ) is memoized {...}
> > >
> > > is more appropriate.
> >
> > We're looking for a word that tersely expresses
>has_no_side_effects_and_can_safely_have_its_results_cached_based_on_parameter_types_and_values_and_calling_context
> ?
>
> The functional programmers will tell you that word would be "pure".
I like "memoize" only because perl has made me used to the term.
But "pure" works too.
-Scott
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