"second-class object" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: second-class objects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second-class object (plural second-class objects)
  1. (programming, languages) An entity of which the value can be passed as a parameter, but that can neither be returned from a function, nor be assigned to a variable. (Used by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.) Wikipedia link: second-class object Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: second-class citizen, second-class entity, second-class value Related terms: first-class object, third-class object Translations (programming entity): Second-Class-Objekt [neuter] (German), ikinci sınıf nesne (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-second-class_object-en-noun-sLWDaxCG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Inflected forms

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