Then, the arguments of the call are <i>passed</i> to the function,
which means that they are <a href="#Assignment_statements">assigned</a>
to their corresponding function parameters,
and the called function begins execution.
The return parameters of the function are passed
back to the caller when the function returns.
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<p>
Calling a <code>nil</code> function value
causes a <a href="#Run_time_panics">run-time panic</a>.