In a programming language, a reserved word (sometimes known as a reserved identifier) is a word that cannot be used by a programmer as an identifier, such...
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a reserved word (or keyword), type modifier, storage class, and compiler hint. The register keyword was deprecated in C++, until it became reserved and...
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additional closed operands to the agent. Embarcadero C++Builder provides the reserved word __closure to provide a pointer to a method with a similar syntax to...
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Stropping (syntax) (section Reserved words)
square brackets. In several languages, including Nim, R, and Scala, a reserved word or non-alphanumeric name can be used as an identifier by enclosing it...
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static is a reserved word in many programming languages to modify a declaration. The effect of the keyword varies depending on the details of the specific...
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titled by the United States Navy Register (C programming language), a reserved word (keyword) and type modifier Register (codebook), a codebook, a finite...
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Synchronised (horse) (2003–2012), a racehorse synchronized, a programming reserved word that subjects a block of code to mutual exclusion, for thread safety...
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The curious programmer found the word dec$ capitalised in their code indicating it was a recognised reserved word - inexplicable at the time, until the...
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the possibility of implementing const, noticeable in that const is a reserved word, though it is not actually used as a keyword. Instead, Java has the...
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Const (computer programming) (category All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases)
const as a reserved keyword – i.e., one that cannot be used as variable identifier – but assigns no semantics to it: it is a reserved word (it cannot...
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PCASTL (section parent and childset reserved words)
function call a() Those reserved words can only be written lowercase and will not be recognized otherwise. The parent reserved word gives a reference to...
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(ω) symbol to represent null in database theory. In SQL, NULL is a reserved word used to identify this marker. A null should not be confused with a value...
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uses PERFORM VARYING. The name for-loop comes from the word for. For is used as the reserved word (or keyword) in many programming languages to introduce...
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strictfp is an obsolete and redundant reserved word in the Java programming language. Previously, this keyword was used as a modifier that restricted...
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self-documenting and highly readable. However, it is verbose and uses over 300 reserved words compared to the succinct and mathematically inspired syntax of other...
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the target rows to be deleted in a Delete statement. FROM is an SQL reserved word in the SQL standard. The FROM clause is used in conjunction with SQL...
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and semantic analysis. Lexing and parsing comprise the syntactic analysis (word syntax and phrase syntax, respectively), and in simple cases, these modules...
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and iterative code block are alternatively terminated with the block reserved word reversed: e.g. if ~ then ~ elif ~ else ~ fi, case ~ in ~ out ~ esac...
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with either a unique alias (such as a user-specified name) or an SGML reserved word (such as #DEFAULT). Entities are foundational to the organizational...
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indicating it is on the left side of the assignment operator), but since the reserved word const (constant) was added to the language, the term is now 'modifiable...
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Action! (programming language) (section Reserved words)
user-defined TYPE: TYPE CORD=[CARD x,y] CORD point point.x=42 point.y=23 A reserved word is any identifier or symbol that the Action! compiler recognizes as...
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class definition, are inlined by default (no need to use the inline reserved word (keyword)); otherwise, the keyword is needed. The compiler may ignore...
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FORTRAN 90 Arrays and strings were inherited from FORTRAN 77, and a new reserved word was introduced: type type newtypet double precision a, b, c integer*2...
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immutable by default and are defined using := and a value. Use the mut reserved word (keyword) to make them mutable. Mutable variables can be assigned to...
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method was marked with the dynamic or virtual directives. The inherited reserved word must be called when you want to call super-class behavior type TRectangle...
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by making their names reserved words that cannot be used as folder or file names; for example: the word CON is a reserved word. These were chosen for...
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with a digit. Be equal to a reserved keyword, null literal or Boolean literal. The identifier nullptr is not a reserved word, but is a global constant that...
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Nim's implementation of this is achieved via backticks, allowing any reserved word to be used as an identifier. type Type = object `int`: int let `object`...
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"android", a word originally reserved for robots designed to look and act like a human. The word "android" itself stems from the New Latin word "androīdēs"...
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