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new up en · VERB

Etymology

The keyword new creates an object in C++ and derived languages.

Meanings

1. (informal, transitive) To create (an object) by calling its constructor.
   • So you just new up the object you want and once its internal reference count drops to 0, the language deletes it (during a free time as a background thread). 2003, Jonathan Hoyle, “Pointers?”, in comp.lang.basic.realbasic (Usenet):
   • If an exception occurs trying to new up bar1 or bar2, the TFoo part of the object won't have changed […] 2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ gems:

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