Misnested
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of misnest form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Incorrectly nested. not-comparable
"misnested parentheses"
Example
More examples"[…] but it also reduces the likelihood of the "unterminated string literal" error message that can easily occur for seemingly trivial reasons when you're working with long strings — an accidental carriage return or a misnested quotation mark is all it takes."
Etymology
From mis- + nested.
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