Receiving “Code Blocks” as Input Parameters (Scala 3 Video)

In this Scala 3 video tutorial, I show how to write functions that receive “code blocks” as input parameters, and how these code blocks compare to receiving functions as input parameters.

To do this I show the difference between Call By Name and Call By Value input parameters, and I show situations where using function input parameters doesn’t work as well as receiving a block of code as an input parameter. I also mention how other names like Call On Access might be better names than Call By Name (or at least more modern names).

Examples include creating a timer function and a whilst function (which also uses recursion).