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Voldemort type

Voldemort type noun: a data type that is unspeakable.

Noun

Voldemort type (plural Voldemort types)

  1. A data type that is unspeakable.
    • RandomNumberGenerator becomes a type that is inside generator's scope. It is simply not visible outside of generator. It cannot be named — hence it's a Voldemort Type.2012 May 7, Walter Bright, “Voldemort Types In D”, in Dr Dobb's
    • A recent issue I discovered (and no doubt has been encountered before) is that using Voldemort types in D can result in insane symbol bloat.2016 May 23, Steve Schveighoffer, “Have your Voldemort types, and keep your disk space too!”, in Steve Schveighoffer's Blog

Forms of Voldemort type

pluralVoldemort types

Origin of Voldemort type

Named after the villain Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter novels, who is typically called "He Who Must Not Be Named" or "You-Know-Who" by other characters.

Questions about Voldemort type

What does Voldemort type mean?
Voldemort type means a data type that is unspeakable.
What part of speech is Voldemort type?
Voldemort type is a noun.
What is the plural of Voldemort type?
The plural of Voldemort type is Voldemort types.

Words near Voldemort type in the dictionary

  1. Volcys
  2. Volcán
  3. Vold
  4. Volda
  5. Voldemort
  6. Voldemort type
  7. Voldemort types
  8. Voldemort-esque
  9. Voldemorted
  10. Voldemortesque
  11. Voldemortian

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