initializer
nounEtymology From initialize + -er.
1
One who, or that which, initializes.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A routine that prepares something for use.
- Since C++11, the auto keyword is used to tell the compiler to deduce the actual type of a variable that is being declared from its initializer.2017, Wisnu Anggoro, Learning C++ Functional Programming, page 8: