Predicate dispatch
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Predicate dispatch
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In computer programming, predicate dispatch is a generalisation of multiple dispatch ("multimethods") that allows the method to call to be selected at runtime based on arbitrary decidable logical predicates and/or pattern matching attached to a method declaration. Raku supports predicate dispatch using "where" clauses that can execute arbitrary code against any function or method parameter. Julia has a package for it with PatternDispatch.jl but otherwise natively supports multiple dispatch. Expe
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Technique in computer programming
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_dispatch
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2023-10-18T01:48:23Z
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