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The term "method" is often used to discuss C++ code. Does the standalone term have a well-defined meaning in C++ or is it ambiguous? Is it acceptable to use the term by itself, or should it be qualified (e.g. a "class method" or "virtual method"), or should it be simply avoided altogether?
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Function / Method: is a group of statements that together perform certain task. Note: Every C program should have 1 main function. No 2 functions / methods should be named as main. Video Tutorial: Function / Methods In C Programming Language.
C standard may refer to: ANSI C, C99, C11, C17, or C2x, specifications of the C programming language. C standard library. C tuning (guitar), a type of tuning for guitars.
A method is an executable element defined by a class. InterSystems IRIS supports two types of methods: instance methods and class methods. An instance method is invoked from a specific instance of a class and typically performs some action related to that instance.
Function or a method is a named callable piece of code which performs some operations and optionally returns a value. In C language the term function is used. Java & C# people would say it a method (and a function in this case is defined within a class/object).
The term method is not defined in the C++ standard. The terminology uses member function instead.
Bjarne Stroustrup however defines the term method in his own glossary as virtual member function. So this shows evidence that the term is acceptable.
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