Assertion: lisp's function | /r/HasProperty | called
Facets:
value: from that block
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: When a generic function is called, multiple-dispatch will determine the effective method to use.
text: Bindings which exhibit dynamic extent (lifetime tied to the activation and deactivation of a block) and indefinite scope (visible to all functions which are called from that block) are said to have dynamic scope.
text: Suppose that the previously remembered function is now called:
text: Thus generic functions are both functions (that can be called with and applied to arguments) and ordinary objects.
text: In a programming language with multiple dispatch when a generic function is called, method dispatch occurs on the basis of all arguments, not just one which is privileged.
text: When the function is called, each form in the body is evaluated sequentially (from first to last).
text: In Lisp, a symbol such as mark-whole-buffer has code attached to it that tells the computer what to do when the function is called.