Re^5: Psychic Disconnect and Object Systems

At least C++ has an ISO standard with precisely defined nomenclature. Most people don't use it that carefully, but the formaism can be trotted out and used when necessary.

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Re^6: Psychic Disconnect and Object Systems by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 18, 2011 at 02:06 UTC
Out of curiosity, does it call j and k read-only or write-once?	[reply]
Re^7: Psychic Disconnect and Object Systems by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Apr 18, 2011 at 18:24 UTC
It's called a non-modifiable lvalue. Note also that C++ has a formal distinction between initialization and assignment. So something that cannot be assigned to at all can still be initialized or "bound".	[reply]
Re^8: Psychic Disconnect and Object Systems by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 18, 2011 at 18:27 UTC
"non-modifiable" does have a nice ring to it, thanks.	[reply]