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dammit operator

dammit operator noun: the operator ! in the C# programming language, used to indicate to the compiler that a possibly null reference will not be null at that point.

Noun

dammit operator (plural dammit operators)

  1. (slang) The operator ! in the C# programming language, used to indicate to the compiler that a possibly null reference will not be null at that point.
    • If you have a reference that the compiler presumes could be null […] but which you have good reason to believe will never be null, you can tell the compiler this by using the null forgiving operator […] It is sometimes known informally as the dammit operator, because being an exclamation mark makes...2019, Ian Griffiths, Programming C# 8.0: Build Cloud, Web, and Desktop Applications, page 119
    • However, C# 8 does have a feature (which I've heard referred to as the dammit operator) that allows you to insist that, despite what the compiler believes, you know the variable will not be null; […]2019, Paul Michaels, Dirk Strauss, Jas Rademeyer, C# 8 and .NET Core 3 Projects Using Azure, page 63

Forms of dammit operator

pluraldammit operators

Questions about dammit operator

What does dammit operator mean?
Dammit operator means the operator ! in the C# programming language, used to indicate to the compiler that a possibly null reference will not be null at that point.
What part of speech is dammit operator?
Dammit operator is a noun.
What is the plural of dammit operator?
The plural of dammit operator is dammit operators.

Words near dammit operator in the dictionary

  1. dammished
  2. dammishes
  3. dammishing
  4. dammit
  5. dammit all to hell
  6. dammit operator
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  8. dammit to hell
  9. dammitall
  10. dammits
  11. dammy

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