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third-class objects

third-class objects is the plural of third-class object.

Meaning of third-class object

Noun

third-class object (plural third-class objects)

  1. (languages) An entity of which the value can neither be passed as a parameter, nor be returned from a function, nor assigned to a variable. (According to the usage by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability.)

Questions about third-class objects

What is third-class objects the plural of?
Third-class objects is the plural of third-class object.

Words near third-class objects in the dictionary

  1. third-class citizen
  2. third-class citizens
  3. third-class entities
  4. third-class entity
  5. third-class object
  6. third-class objects
  7. third-class value
  8. third-class values
  9. third-culture kid
  10. third-culture kids
  11. third-degree

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