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autovivify

verb

Etymology

From auto- + vivify.

  1. derived from vivificō
  2. borrowed from vivifier
  3. prefixed as autovivify — “auto + vivify”

Definitions

  1. In the Perl programming language, to create an array or hash automatically when a…

    In the Perl programming language, to create an array or hash automatically when a previously undefined value is dereferenced.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for autovivify. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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