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typecheckers

typecheckers is the plural 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

Questions about typecheckers

What is typecheckers the plural of?
Typecheckers is the plural of typechecker.

Words near typecheckers in the dictionary

  1. typecastings
  2. typecasts
  3. typecheck
  4. typechecked
  5. typechecker
  6. typecheckers
  7. typechecking
  8. typechecks
  9. typeclass
  10. typeclasses
  11. typecutter

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