dereferenceable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

English reference

English dereference

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English dereferenceable

From dereference + -able.

Adjective

dereferenceable (not comparable)

1. (programming) That can be dereferenced.
   • 2003, Jeremy Gibbons, Johan Jeuring, Generic Programming:

     The assertions check that all conditions required of a dereferenceable iterator are satisfied […]