Usage of "magic literal"

Programming anti-pattern of including unnamed, unexplained constants in source code.

Synonyms

Examples for "magic number"

Opening sesame In reality, many more factors will affect Alibaba's magic number. 
 Reuters 

Afterward, the longest-tenured Nets player hardly gave the magic number any attention. 
 Reuters 

Six is the magic number this week, and not just for comedians. 
 The Irish Times 

Nine is Scotland's magic number, matching the record for successive league titles. 
 The Guardian 

That seems to be the magic number. She felt like quavering, too. 
 Table for five 

It's like a bit of magic string I use to tie two things together. 
 The Wise Man’s Fear 

Right now, the magic string that binds the NHS together has never been more threadbare. 
 The Guardian 

She approached the heads to the bodies, and tied some of the magic string round each neck. 
 Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic,... 

Cheap as chips and priceless, magic string was created not for profit or personal gain -but simply because someone cared. 
 The Guardian 

He appears and, to use his own expression, draws men to him by magic strings. 
 The Schemes of the Kaiser 

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Meanings of magic literal in English