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niebloid

US/ˈniblɔɪ̯d/

niebloid noun: an entity that can be called as a function but which is not visible to argument-dependent name lookup.

Noun

niebloid (plural niebloids)

  1. An entity that can be called as a function but which is not visible to argument-dependent name lookup.
    • If your libraries should provide customization points, it's probably a good idea to implement them using niebloids.2021 April 23, Adrian Ostrowski, Piotr Gaczkowski, Software Architecture with C++, Packt, →ISBN, page 172
    • The niebloids suppress ADL by not being functions. Only functions have overloads to be resolved.2022 April 14, Bo Persson, “ambiguous reference to 'find' in std and std::ranges namespaces”, in comp.lang.c++ (Usenet)

Forms of niebloid

pluralniebloids

Origin of niebloid

From Niebler + -oid, named after Eric Niebler.

Questions about niebloid

What does niebloid mean?
Niebloid means an entity that can be called as a function but which is not visible to argument-dependent name lookup.
What part of speech is niebloid?
Niebloid is a noun.
How do you pronounce niebloid?
Niebloid is pronounced /ˈniblɔɪ̯d/ (US).
What is the plural of niebloid?
The plural of niebloid is niebloids.

Words near niebloid in the dictionary

  1. Nieberg
  2. Niebergs
  3. Niebla
  4. Nieblas
  5. Niebler
  6. niebloid
  7. niebloids
  8. Niebuhr
  9. Niebuhrian
  10. Niebuhrs
  11. Niec

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