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glvalue

glvalue noun: a value that is either an xvalue or an lvalue.

Noun

glvalue (plural glvalues)

  1. A value that is either an xvalue or an lvalue.
    • Together, xvalues and lvalues are called “glvalues” (“generalized” lvalues). […] If the second and third operands are glvalues of the same value category and have the same type, the result is of that type and value category and it is a bit-field if the second or the third operand is a bit-field, or...2010 March 12, William M. Miller, “A Taxonomy of Expression Value Categories”, in C++ Standards Committee Papers, pages 3, 16
    • So, the left leg of the W is “lvalue” and “glvalue” and the right leg is “prvalue” and “rvalue.” Incidentally, every value is either a glvalue or a prvalue, but not both.2010 April, Bjarne Stroustrup, “"New" Value Terminology”, in stroustrup.com, page 4

Forms of glvalue

pluralglvalues

Origin of glvalue

Short for generalized lvalue. According to Bjarne Stroustrup, coined by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 in 2010.

Questions about glvalue

What does glvalue mean?
Glvalue means a value that is either an xvalue or an lvalue.
What part of speech is glvalue?
Glvalue is a noun.
What is the plural of glvalue?
The plural of glvalue is glvalues.

Words near glvalue in the dictionary

  1. glutæi
  2. glutæus
  3. Gluyas
  4. gluzincin
  5. gluzincins
  6. glvalue
  7. glvalues
  8. GLWT
  9. GLWTs
  10. Gly
  11. gly-

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