English Explanatory Dictionary

first-class object

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable.
  2. An entity that can pass a value as a parameter, can be returned from a subroutine, and can be assigned into a variable. (This is the definition according to Raphael Finkel, who uses the terms of second- and third-class objects.)

Word forms

first-class object first-class objects

Synonyms

first-class citizen first-class entity first-class value

Related words

second-class object third-class object

Translations

German: First-Class-Objekt Turkish: birinci sınıf nesne
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