Fall-through

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected. countable, uncountable

    "It is a good idea to comment the (rare) cases in which a fall-through is intentional so that an uncommented fall-through can be assumed to be an error."

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"It is a good idea to comment the (rare) cases in which a fall-through is intentional so that an uncommented fall-through can be assumed to be an error."

Etymology

Deverbal from fall through.

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