Why can't you call a function as input to your proc?

[TokenHerbz]

Example the code i attempted:

code:

proc setBoxText (var input := font_get (100, 100, Font.New ("times new roman:12:bold"), red): string)         BoxText := input     end setBoxText

The input fcn in itself works perfectly, though i wanted to call it when you make a new word for your box, as a proc parameter.

kinda like a type as you go deal, and it will finish the proc after your fcn (which is basicly like "get" with features)

I suppose i could just put it in the proc, but i was wondering why it wont call the fcn in its parameter.

[Clayton]

because in Turing you can't assign parameters default values, or assign a parameter any kind of value in the declaration (you can in Ruby though!).

Personally, I don't see what's wrong with having your function being called from within the procedure itself anyways

[Tony]

because a parameter is a placeholder for the value you pass (actually you could pass a function and execute that internally).

havin a constant function there does not make sense