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currying

currying

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A way of making a function into smaller functions that each take one input
  • noun
  • /ˈkɜːriɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • Among other things, Objective-C lets you do function currying, adding and removing methods from classes at runtime, and reflection.

Examples

  • Using currying, we can create a function that takes multiple arguments one at a time.

  • This is also called currying or schnfinkeling.

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  • This is without considering the fun to be had with type inference, contravariance, currying, and the like.

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  • In functional programming, currying allows developers to create functions with easier-to-manage parameters.

  • Libraries like Lodash provide support for currying, making it easier to compose functions.

Surface Forms

currying singular
currings plural

Morphology

currying = curry (opaque) = curry + ing

The term 'currying' in programming is not transparently derived from the culinary term 'curry'.

Etymology

Currying in programming is named after the logician Haskell Curry, and it describes turning a function that needs many values into a chain of small functions that each take one value, like giving ingredients one by one. So, the name helps you remember that currying is about 'breaking a job into single steps'.