(programming, languages) An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a function, or assigned into a variable.

plural of third-class value

(programming, languages) Synonym of first-class object

plural of second-class value

(programming, languages) An entity of which the value can neither be passed as a parameter, nor be returned from a function, nor assigned to a variable. (Used by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.)

(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. (Used by Raphael Finkel, the first-class object does not need to have run-time constructability according to his definition.)

(software, object-oriented programming) An adapter pattern where the adapter is created by implementing or inheriting both the interface that is expected and the interface that is pre-existing.

plural of class adapter pattern

A social and economic class lying above the lower class and below the upper middle class.

plural of upper middle class