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polymorphic iteration en · NOUN

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1. (countable, uncountable) The use of an iterator class or interface to enable traversal over the members of any type of collection for which there is a corresponding descendant of that iterator by code which need not know the type of the collection.
   • The results described here provide the foundations for a series of results, including the definition of a linear version of Gödel's system Τ with a decidable typing system for polymorphic iteration. 2007, Sandra Alves, Maribel Fernández, Mário Florido, Ian Mackie, “Linear Recursive Functions”, in Hubert Comon-Lundh, Claude Kirchner, Hélène Kirchner, editor, Rewriting, Computation and Proof, page 184:
   • Use the Iterator pattern to provide a uniform interface for traversing different aggregate structures (that is, to support polymorphic iteration). 2011, Amnon H. Eden, Codecharts: Roadmaps and blueprints for object-oriented programs, page 145:
   • When we write methods that take iterators as parameters, we are using polymorphic iteration. 2004, Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide, page 347:

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