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dangling else

Noun
Japanese Meaning
プログラミングにおいて、else節がどのif文に従属するかが曖昧になりうる状況を指す用語。特に、入れ子になった条件分岐において、elseが内側のifに属するのか、外側のifに属するのかが明確でない場合に問題となる。
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コンパイラのテストをデバッグしていたとき、ネストされた条件文とそれを囲む条件文のどちらに属するかが曖昧になる else 節の問題に遭遇し、内側の if が誤った分岐に結びついてしまった。

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(programming) A potential ambiguity in a programming language that occurs when an else clause can be associated with either a nested conditional or with the clause that encloses the nested conditional.

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dangling else

While debugging the compiler tests, I encountered a dangling else that caused the inner if to associate with the wrong branch.

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While debugging the compiler tests, I encountered a dangling else that caused the inner if to associate with the wrong branch.

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