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Definition of First-class object
1. Noun. (programming languages) An entity that can be constructed at run-time, passed as a parameter, returned from a subroutine, or assigned into a variable. ¹
2. Noun. (programming languages) An entity that can pass a value as a parameter, can be returned from a subroutine, and can be assigned into a variable. (gloss This is the definition according to Raphael Finkel, who uses the terms of second- and third-class objects.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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