constructor
<programming> 1. In functional programming and type theory, one of the
symbols used to create an object with an algebraic data type.
2. A function provided by a class in C++ and some other object-oriented
languages to instantiate an object, i.e. to name it and initialise it. The
constructor function has the same name as the class. A class may also have a
destructor function to destroy objects of that class.
(1994-10-20)
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