ECMA-334: 11.2.6 Delegate types

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11.2.6 Delegate types

A delegate is a data structure that refers to one or more methods, and for instance methods, it also refers to their corresponding object instances.

[Note: The closest equivalent of a delegate in C or C++ is a function pointer, but whereas a function pointer can only reference static functions, a delegate can reference both static and instance methods. In the latter case, the delegate stores not only a reference to the method’s entry point, but also a reference to the object instance on which to invoke the method. end note]

Delegate types are described in §22.