lvalue
Syllables: l·val·ue/ˈɛl.væl.juː/
lvalue noun: a value that can be treated as an address or storage location.
Noun
lvalue (plural lvalues)
- A value that can be treated as an address or storage location.
- Clarified that rvalue references to function types produce non-rref lvalues (previously stated in the general wording in 5¶6 but inadvertently contradicted in the detailed wording of 5.2.2, 5.2.9, etc.).2010 March 12, William M. Miller, “A Taxonomy of Expression Value Categories”, in C++ Standards Committee Papers, page 1
- im: has identity and can be moved from (e.g. the result of casting an lvalue to a rvalue reference) […] These notions simply don’t exist in Strachey’s world consisting of just rvalues and lvalues.2010 April, Bjarne Stroustrup, “"New" Value Terminology”, in stroustrup.com, pages 2, 3
- Antonyms:
- rvalue
Antonyms of lvalue
Forms of lvalue
| plural | lvalues |
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Origin of lvalue
From L + value, where L stands for left-hand side (of an assignment). In the context of the C programming language it is sometimes re-explained as locator value.
Questions about lvalue
- What does lvalue mean?
- Lvalue means a value that can be treated as an address or storage location.
- What part of speech is lvalue?
- Lvalue is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lvalue?
- Lvalue is pronounced /ˈɛl.væl.juː/.
- What is the plural of lvalue?
- The plural of lvalue is lvalues.
Words near lvalue in the dictionary
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