Hyper Dictionary

English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary


Search Dictionary:  

Meaning of FULL LAZINESS

Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

A transformation, described by Wadsworth in 1971, which ensures that subexpressions in a function body which do not depend on the function's arguments are only evaluated once. E.g. each time the function

        f x = x + sqrt 4

is applied, (sqrt 4) will be evaluated. Since (sqrt 4) does not depend on x, we could transform this to:

        f x = x + sqrt4
        sqrt4 = sqrt 4

We have replaced the dynamically created (sqrt 4) with a single shared constant which, in a graph reduction system, will be evaluated the first time it is needed and then updated with its value.

See also fully lazy lambda lifting, let floating.

 
 Websites: 
 

 

COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY