Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

type-safe

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.86 in modern English

Syllables
type--safe
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not susceptible to the class of programming errors that could lead to items of one data type being incorrectly treated as another type.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more type-safe (comparative) most type-safe (superlative)

Questions

What does type-safe mean?
Not susceptible to the class of programming errors that could lead to items of one data type being incorrectly treated as another type.

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