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unsubclassing

unsubclassing is the present participle and gerund of unsubclass.

Meaning of unsubclass

Verb

unsubclass (third-person singular simple present unsubclasses, present participle unsubclassing, simple past and past participle unsubclassed)

  1. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To cause (a previously subclassed window or object) no longer to act like a member of a subclass.
    • A good convention for working with multiple subclasses is to only subclass the window procedure that is the first in the call chain and only unsubclass the one that is first.1990, Paul W. Cheatham, David E. Reich, Robert F. G. Robinson, OS/2 presentation manager programming, page 339

Questions about unsubclassing

What is unsubclassing the present participle and gerund of?
Unsubclassing is the present participle and gerund of unsubclass.

Words near unsubclassing in the dictionary

  1. unsubbed
  2. unsubbing
  3. unsubclass
  4. unsubclassed
  5. unsubclasses
  6. unsubclassing
  7. unsubdivided
  8. unsubduable
  9. unsubduably
  10. unsubducted
  11. unsubdued

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