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stringly-typed

stringly-typed adjective: characterized by an excessive use of strings to represent non-textual data.

Adjective

stringly-typed (not comparable)

  1. (humorous) Characterized by an excessive use of strings to represent non-textual data.
    • This is a “stringly typed” example that is easy to break if the key names are mistyped, or change between versions of your app.2019, Shaun Lewis, Mike Dunn, Native Mobile Development: A Cross-Reference for iOS and Android, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 178
    • Enums can be a powerful aide in your quest to produce reliable, robust software. Consider them for your code when you discover yourself introducing “stringly-typed” data, such as message codes.2021, Tim McNamara, Rust in Action, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 98
  2. Relying on strings to encode or represent structured or semantic data that could otherwise use more appropriate data structures.

Forms of stringly-typed

alternative formstringly typed

Origin of stringly-typed

From the string data type, punning on strongly-typed.

Words formed from stringly-typed

  • stringly typing

Questions about stringly-typed

What does stringly-typed mean?
Stringly-typed means characterized by an excessive use of strings to represent non-textual data.
What part of speech is stringly-typed?
Stringly-typed is an adjective.

Words near stringly-typed in the dictionary

  1. stringlined
  2. stringlines
  3. stringlining
  4. stringly
  5. stringly typed
  6. stringly-typed
  7. stringmaker
  8. stringmakers
  9. stringmaking
  10. stringocephalid
  11. stringocephalids

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