"first-class object" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first-class objects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first-class object (plural first-class objects)
  1. (programming, languages) An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-first-class_object-en-noun-YbK6ZdlJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  2. (programming, languages) An entity that can pass a value as a parameter, can be returned from a subroutine, and can be assigned into a variable. (This is the definition according to Raphael Finkel, who uses the terms of second- and third-class objects.) Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: first-class citizen, first-class entity, first-class value Related terms: second-class object, third-class object
    Sense id: en-first-class_object-en-noun-aXdmBr6c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): First-Class-Objekt [neuter] (German), birinci sınıf nesne (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 51 49

Inflected forms

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