rvalue reference

English

Noun

rvalue reference (plural rvalue references)

1. (programming) In C++, a reference which is bound to an rvalue.
   • 2010 April, Bjarne Stroustrup, “"New" Value Terminology”, in stroustrup.com‎, pages 2, 3:

     im: has identity and can be moved from (e.g. the result of casting an lvalue to a rvalue reference) […] I note that this whole discussion/problem arise from the introduction of rvalue references and move semantics.