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type checker

type checker is the alternative form of typechecker.

Meaning of typechecker

Noun

typechecker (plural typecheckers)

  1. A system or algorithm that verifies values against their required data types, according to the type system of the language.
    • The catch is that to get the full benefits of the type checker, the programmers have to add complex annotations to their code.2015 April 2, James Somers, “Toolkits for the Mind”, in MIT Technology Review

Forms of type checker

pluraltype checkers

Questions about type checker

What is type checker the alternative form of?
Type checker is the alternative form of typechecker.

Words near type checker in the dictionary

  1. type bars
  2. type beat
  3. type beats
  4. type Bs
  5. type C
  6. type checker
  7. type checkers
  8. type class
  9. type classes
  10. type coercion
  11. type coercions

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