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second-class object

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Noun

  1. {{lb|en|programming|languages}} An [[entity]] of which the value can be passed as a parameter, but that can neither be returned from a [[function]], nor be assigned to a variable. {{gloss|Used by [[w:Raphael Finkel|Raphael Finkel]], the [[first-class object]] does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.}}

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