dangling else (English, noun)
expansion: dangling else (plural dangling elses)
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glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: dangling elses
tags: plural