Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

type erasure

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: type- era-sure
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A compile-time process by which explicit data type annotations are removed from a program, before run-time execution.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A technique by which a class is made generic without requiring compile-time template arguments.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Although .NET does not have type erasure, meaning it supports reified types, the .NET version of Scala currently follows the JVM's erasure model in order to avoid incompatibilities that would require a “forked” implementation."
"Type erasure is a mapping from types (possibly including parameterized types and type variables) to types (that are never parameterized types or type variables)."
"Type erasure is often seen as a mysterious, enigmatic programming technique. It is not exclusive to C++ (most tutorials on type erasure use Java for their examples)."

Usage

Inflected Forms

type erasures (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

reification type inference

Questions

What does type erasure mean?: A compile-time process by which explicit data type annotations are removed from a program, before run-time execution.

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