当我们有两个函数，函数a和函数b，如果函数a依赖于函数b。

然后我们调用函数b作为回调函数。这在Spring框架中被广泛使用。

当我们有两个函数，函数a和函数b，如果函数a依赖于函数b。

然后我们调用函数b作为回调函数。这在Spring框架中被广泛使用。

用电话系统来描述回调是最容易的。函数调用类似于打电话给某人，问她一个问题，得到答案，然后挂断电话;添加回调改变了这个类比，这样在问她一个问题之后，你也可以告诉她你的名字和电话号码，这样她就可以给你回电话，告诉你答案。——保罗·雅库比 、《c++中的回调实现》

为了教授回调，你必须先教授指针。一旦学生理解了指向变量的指针的概念，回调的概念就会变得更容易。假设您使用的是C/ c++，可以遵循这些步骤。

First show your students how to use and manipulate variables using pointers alongside using the normal variable identifiers. Then teach them there are things that can be done only with pointers(like passing a variable by reference). Then tell them how executable code or functions are just like some other data(or variables) in the memory. So, functions also have addresses or pointers. Then show them how functions can be called with function pointers and tell these are called callbacks. Now, the question is, why all these hassle for calling some functions? What is the benefit? Like data pointers, function pointer aka callbacks has some advantages over using normal identifiers. The first one is, function identifiers or function names cannot be used as normal data. I mean, you cannot make a data structure with functions(like an array or a linked list of functions). But with callbacks, you can make an array, a linked list or use them with other data like in dictionary of key-value pairs or trees, or any other things. This is a powerful benefit. And other benefits are actually child of this one. The most common use of callbacks is seen in event driver programming. Where one or more functions are executed based on some incoming signal. With callbacks, a dictionary can be maintained to map signals with callbacks. Then the input signal resolution and execution of corresponding code become much easier. The second use of callbacks coming in my mind is higher order functions. The functions which takes other functions as input arguments. And to send functions as arguments, we need callbacks. An example can be a function which take an array and a callback. Then it performs the callback on each of the item of the array and return the results in another array. If we pass the function a doubling callback, we get a doubled valued array. If we pass a squaring callback, we get squares. For square roots, just send appropriate callback. This cannot be done with normal functions.

可能还有更多的事情。让学生参与进来，他们就会发现。希望这能有所帮助。

通常，我们将变量发送给函数:function1(var1, var2)。

假设，你想在它被作为参数给出之前处理它:

这是一种回调类型，其中function2执行一些代码并将变量返回给初始函数。

编辑:回调这个词最常见的意思是一个函数作为参数传递给另一个函数，并在稍后的时间点被调用。这些思想存在于允许高阶函数的语言中，即将函数视为一等公民，通常用于异步编程中。onready dosomething()。在这里，只有当它准备好了，事情才会发生。

从一个例子开始总是更好的:)。

假设有两个模块A和B。

你希望模块A在模块B中发生某些事件/条件时得到通知。然而，模块B对模块A一无所知。它只知道模块A提供给它的函数指针指向模块A的特定函数的地址。

因此，所有B现在必须做的是，当一个特定的事件/条件发生时，使用函数指针“回调”到模块A。A可以在回调函数内部进行进一步处理。

这里一个明显的优点是，你从模块B中抽象出了模块A的所有内容。模块B不必关心模块A是谁/什么。