initializer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

initialize +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

initializer (plural initializers)

  1. One who, or that which, initializes.
    1. (programming) A routine that prepares something for use.
      • 2017, Wisnu Anggoro, Learning C++ Functional Programming, page 8:
        Since C++11, the auto keyword is used to tell the compiler to deduce the actual type of a variable that is being declared from its initializer.

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